(a) Until recent years the regulation of all uses of land and structures through zoning has been accomplished by assigning each use to one or more use districts. However, the functions and characteristics of an increasing number of new kinds of land uses combined with conclusive experience regarding some of the older, familiar kinds of uses call for a more flexible and equitable procedure for properly accommodating these activities in the community. It should be recognized that the forces that influence decisions regarding the nature, magnitude and location of such types of land use activities are many and varied, and are dependent upon the functional characteristics of the use, competitive situations and the availability of land. Certain kinds of uses need to be reasonably controlled by specific requirements that provide practical latitude for the investor but at the same time, maintain adequate provision for the security of the health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity or general welfare of the community's inhabitants.
(b) In order to accomplish such a dual objective, provision is made in this Zoning Ordinance for a more detailed consideration of each conditionally permitted use as it relates to location, design, size, method of operation and intensity of land use, which in turn affects the volume of traffic generated and traffic movements, the concentration of population and the kinds of public facilities and services it requires. Land and structure uses possessing these particularly unique characteristics are designated as conditionally permitted uses and are permitted through the issuance of a conditional zoning certificate with conditions and safeguards attached as may be deemed necessary for the protection of the public welfare.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87.)