(A) Before any special land use permit is granted, the Planning Commission shall make findings of fact based upon competent evidence certifying compliance with the specific regulations governing individual special land uses and, in addition, ensure that the following general standards have been met. Each proposed special land use shall:
(1) In location, size, height and intensity of the principal and/or accessory operations, be compatible with the size, type and kind of buildings, uses and structures in the vicinity and on adjacent property;
(2) Be consistent with and promote the intent and purpose of this chapter;
(3) Be compatible with the natural environment and conserve natural resources and energy;
(4) Be consistent with existing and future capabilities of public services and facilities affected by the proposed use;
(5) Protect the public health, safety and welfare as well as the social and economic well-being of those who will use the land use or activity, residents, businesses and landowners immediately adjacent and the city as a whole;
(6) Not create any hazards arising from storage and use of inflammable fluids;
(7) Not be in conflict with convenient, safe and normal vehicular and pedestrian traffic routes, flows, intersections and general character and intensity of development. In particular:
(a) The property shall be easily accessible to fire and police; and
(b) Not create or add to any hazardous traffic condition.
(8) Be of such a design and impact that the location and height of buildings, the location, nature and height of walls, fences and the nature and extent of landscaping on the site shall not hinder or discourage the appropriate development and use of adjacent land and buildings or impair the value thereof;
(9) That in the nature, location, size and site layout of the use, be a harmonious part of the district in which it is situated taking into account, among other things, prevailing shopping habits, convenience of access by prospective patrons, the physical and economic relationship of one type of use to another and characteristic groupings of uses of the district; and
(10) That in the location, size, intensity and site layout be such that operations will not be objectionable to nearby dwellings, by reason of noise, fumes, pollution, vibration, litter, refuse, glare or flash of lights to an extent which is greater than would be operations of any use permitted by right for that district within which the special land use is proposed to be located.
(B) The Planning Commission shall consult the city land use plan to determine if the proposed special land use is compatible with the future planned use of surrounding property and may limit the permit so as not to conflict with future planned land use. The duration of the permit may be limited only if such use is clearly temporary in nature.
(Ord. passed 6-24-1996; Am. Ord. 02-02, passed 2-11-2002)