§ 17.102.110. Expansion of use into adjacent zones.

The following standards and criteria shall apply when the applicable individual zone regulations conditionally permit activities that are prohibited in the subject zone, but permitted or conditionally permitted on nearby lots in an adjacent zone.

A.

A conditional use permit for such a use may be granted only upon determination that the proposal conforms to the general use permit criteria set forth in the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134 and the following additional use permit criteria:

1.

That the location, size, design, and other characteristics of the entire use as proposed will substantially improve or provide superior environmental relationships among all uses in the immediate vicinity.

2.

That the design and site planning of all buildings, open areas, parking, service areas, paths, stairways, accessways, corridors, and balconies will be so designed as to not adversely affect the privacy, safety, or environmental amenities of adjacent properties.

3.

That within the expansion area every reasonable effort will be undertaken to preserve natural grades, topographic features, watercourses, and significant landscape features.

B.

The following standards shall also apply:

1.

Such uses shall be allowed only when they constitute an expansion of or are a part of an existing or proposed activity or facility which is located in or partially located in the adjacent zone, and is permitted or conditionally permitted therein. Such uses shall be allowed only on a lot, or one of a series of lots under one (1) ownership, directly contiguous to the lot in the adjacent zone, with no intervening streets.

2.

Maximum Distance from Zone Boundary. Such uses shall not extend more than one hundred fifty (150) feet into the zone, as measured perpendicularly from the zone boundary at any point.

3.

Height. Within the area of the allowed expansion, the maximum height of any building or facility shall not exceed the maximum height permitted on abutting lots.

4.

Increased Yard Areas. The minimum yard depth or width, as the case may be, for buildings within the expansion area shall be no less than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the yard depth or width, if any, required for uses on those properties abutting the expansion area.

5.

Screening and Buffering. The exterior perimeter of the expansion area shall be provided with screening and buffering devices including, but not limited to, established trees.

6.

Maximum Density. The number of living units on any lot or series of lots involved in the expansion of use shall be calculated separately on the basis of the amount of lot area and the density ratio applying in each of the affected zones. The maximum number of living units allowed in the proposed development shall not exceed the accumulative total resulting from adding the density calculations for each of the lot areas and zones involved in the expansion.

(Ord. No. 13172, § 3(Exh. A), 7-2-2013; Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; prior planning code § 7012)