A. No use approved under the special use permit provision shall be commenced or maintained upon a lot or parcel except in accordance with the approved site development plan.
B. All special use permits shall expire by default:
1. If the use is not established within twelve (12) months of the date of approval by the city council.
2. If the use once established has been abandoned or has been discontinued for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months.
C. Whenever the city finds that any proposed construction or occupancy does not, in its opinion, comply with the terms of the special use permit, the city shall refer the matter to the city council for a determination of compliance.
D. When the holder of a special use permit determines that an extension of time or modification of the approved site development plan is necessary, he may apply for amendment.
E. All amendments to a special use permit shall be processed and reviewed in the same manner as the original application.
F. When a recommendation is made to the city council to approve or deny the issuance of a special use permit, the city council may overturn the recommendation with a majority vote of the members present at their meeting. If one or more written protests, objecting to the use being proposed in the special use permit, are filed at least three (3) days before the time of the public hearing before the planning commission by the owners of fifty percent (50%) or more of the area of the lots within a three hundred foot (300') radius of the exterior boundary of the area to be covered by the permit, a three-fourths (3/4) majority vote of all members of the city council is required to overturn the recommendation. (Ord. 995 §2, 2003: Ord. 968 §1, 2002: Ord. 832 §1, 1997)