§ 26-24-020. Uses permitted with a use permit.  


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  • Uses permitted with a use permit include the following:

    (a)

    Planned developments and condominiums. Compatibility with adjacent development, unique characteristics, innovation, provision of amenities and the provision of housing which is affordable pursuant to the requirements of Housing Element Sections 3.1 and 3.1.1 to very low and low income households are additional criteria which will be utilized in evaluating such development. Condominium conversion shall be subject to the requirements of Housing Element Policy HE-3i;

    (b)

    Mobile home parks and recreational vehicle parks combined therewith subject to the provisions of Article 88;

    (c)

    Noncommercial clubs and lodges, country clubs and golf courses, but not including miniature golf courses;

    (d)

    Public and private nonprofit elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and colleges;

    (e)

    Churches;

    (f)

    Public playgrounds, parks, community centers, libraries, museums and similar uses and buildings;

    (g)

    Minor public service uses or facilities (transmission and distribution lines and telecommunication facilities, excepted) including, but not limited to, reservoirs, storage tanks, pumping stations, telephone exchanges, small power stations, transformer stations, fire and police stations and training centers, service yards and related parking lots which, at a minimum, meet the criteria of general plan Policy PF-2s and which are not otherwise exempt by state law;

    (h)

    Exploration and development of low temperature geothermal resources for other than power development purposes provided that at a minimum it is compatible with surrounding land uses;

    (i)

    Large residential community care facility;

    (j)

    Major medical facilities; (Ord. No. 1928.)

    (k)

    Housing Opportunity Area Type "A" projects based on alternative design and development criteria to those set forth in Section (4)(d) and (4)(e) of Housing Element Policy HE-2g for Type "A" Housing Opportunity Areas located in urban residential, twelve (12) to twenty (20) units per acre, areas depicted on the general plan land use maps, or, as applicable, Section 26-24-030. A use permit for such project shall not be approved unless the project meets all other requirements of Policy HE-2g for such Type "A" projects. The decision-making body shall be as specified in Policy HE-2g for Type "A" Housing Opportunity Areas. Nothing herein shall limit the ability of the decision-making body to either deny or to apply conditions to the approval of such a Housing Opportunity Type "A" project;

    (l)

    Day care center;

    (m)

    Closure, cessation of use or conversion of a mobile home park to an alternate land use, provided that the criteria set forth in Section 26-92-090 are met;

    (n)

    Intermediate freestanding commercial telecommunication facilities subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

    (o)

    Noncommercial telecommunication facilities greater than eighty feet (80′) in height subject at a minimum to the applicable criteria set forth in Section 26-88-130;

    (p)

    Small-scale homeless shelters serving ten (10) persons or less, subject to design review;

    (q)

    Congregate housing serving more than six (6) persons, subject to design review.

    (r)

    Single room occupancy (SRO) facilities, subject to 26-88-125;

    (s)

    Other nonresidential uses which in the opinion of the planning director are of a similar and compatible nature to those uses described in this section.

(Ord. No. 5975, § I, 3-20-2012; Ord. No. 5883, § III, 3-30-2010; Ord. No. 5429 § 4(c), 2003; Ord. No. 4973 § 6(b), (c), 1996; Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)