AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT OR DENY. CONDITIONAL USES Uses designated in this Title as conditional uses may be permitted, enlarged, or otherwise altered upon authorization by the Commission in accordance with the standards and procedures set forth in Sections 8.9.1 to 8.9.6 of this Chapter. Conditional uses are those which may be appropriate, desirable, convenient or necessary in the districts in which they are allowed but which by reason of their height or bulk or the creation of traffic hazards or parking problems or other adverse conditions may be injurious to the public safety, welfare, comfort and convenience unless appropriate conditions are imposed. In permitting a conditional use or modification of an existing conditional use, the City may impose, in addition to those standards and requirements expressly specified by this Title, the following additional conditions which the City considers necessary to protect the best interests of the surrounding property or the City as a whole. These conditions include increasing the required lot size or yard dimensions, limiting the height of buildings, controlling the location and number of vehicle access points, increasing the street width, increasing the number of off-street parking and loading spaces required, limiting the size, number and location of signs, requiring screening landscaping to protect adjacent property, controlling noise, smoke, odor. dust or gas and other conditions consistent with the intent of the particular zone in which a conditional use is allowed. In the case of a use existing prior to the effective date of this Title and which is classified in this Title as a conditional use, any change in use or in lot area or any alteration of the structure shall conform to the requirements dealing with conditional uses. (Ord. 601, 8-8-78) The City shall not require conditions which would have the effect, either of themselves or cumulatively, of discouraging or denying the needed housing through unreasonable cost or delay. Therefore, multiple-family housing shall be subject to the development standards in Chapters 2 and 3 of this Title or other applicable sections of this Title, but shall not be subject to any increase in required lot size or yard dimensions, limiting height of buildings, increasing street width, increasing the number of off-street parking and loading spaces, and screening landscaping required pursuant to this Title. (Ord. 667, 9-10-85) 310 CHAPTER 9 CONDITIONAL USES 311
