(A) General application. No person is permitted to use any premises except as specifically permitted by and subject to the regulations and conditions of this Development Code. Except as otherwise provided herein, wherever this Development Code prohibits the use of premises for a particular purpose, those premises and any improvements on those premises must not be used for that purpose, and no structure or improvement may be constructed, altered, or moved onto the premises which is designed, arranged, or intended to be occupied or used for that purpose.
(B) City of Santa Paula exempt. Agencies of the City of Santa Paula will be exempt from the provisions of this Development Code when the City Council makes the following findings:
(1) That reasonable attempts have been made to comply with the regulations contained in this Development Code; and
(2) That the strict and literal interpretation and enforcement of the Development Code would inhibit the city’s ability to maintain public health, safety, and general welfare in a particular instance; and
(3) That the granting of the exemption will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, and general welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity.
(C) Buildings under construction. Any building for which a building permit has been issued under the provisions of an earlier ordinance of the city which is in conflict with this Development Code, and on which substantial construction has been performed by integration of materials on the site before the effective date of this Development Code, nevertheless may be continued and completed in accordance with the plans and specifications upon which the permit was issued.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04)