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 Chapter 17.134. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCEDURE

  § 17.134.020. Definition of Major and Minor Conditional Use Permits.  

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  • A.

    Major Conditional Use Permit. A Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is considered a Major Conditional Use Permit if it involves any of the following:

    1.

    Thresholds. Any project requiring a conditional use permit that meets any of the following size thresholds:

    a.

    The actual project site (including only portions of the lot actually affected by the project) exceeds one (1) acre.

    b.

    Nonresidential projects involving more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of floor area, except in the R-80, CBD-R, CBD-P (when not combined with the S-7 Zone), CBD-C, CBD-X, S-2, S-15, D-CO, or D-LM Zones.

    c.

    Residential projects requiring a conditional use permit for density resulting in a total number of living units as follows:

    i.

    Three (3) or more dwelling units in the RM-2 Zone;

    ii.

    Seven (7) or more dwelling units in the RM-3 or RM-4 Zone.

    d.

    Residential projects requiring a conditional use permit to exceed the basic or permitted density resulting in seven (7) or more dwelling units in the RU or CBD-R Zones.

    e.

    Large-Scale Developments. Any development which is located in the R-80, CBD-R, CBD-P (when not combined with the S-7 Zone), CBD-C, CBD-X, S-2, S-15, D-CO, or D-LM Zones and results in more than one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of new floor area.

    f.

    Projects that request to be considered for an exception to the D-LM Height/Bulk/Intensity Area standards, as described in Table 17.101G.04, Note 2.

    2.

    Uses. Any project requiring a Conditional Use Permit that involves any of the following activity or facility types except where the proposal involves only accessory parking, the resumption of a discontinued nonconforming activity, or an addition to an existing activity which does not increase the existing floor area by more than twenty percent (20%):

    a.

    Activities:

    i.

    Residential Care Residential;

    ii.

    Emergency Shelter Residential;

    iii.

    Extensive Impact Civic;

    iv.

    Fast-food Restaurant Commercial;

    v.

    Convenience Market Commercial;

    vi.

    Alcoholic Beverage Sales Commercial, or sale of alcoholic beverages at any full-service restaurant in a location described by Subsection 17.103.030.B;

    vii.

    Transient Habitation Commercial;

    viii.

    Heavy/High Impact Industrial;

    ix.

    Small Scale Transfer and Storage Hazardous Waste Management;

    x.

    Industrial Transfer/Storage Hazardous Waste Management;

    xi.

    Mining and Quarrying Extractive;

    xii.

    Special Health Care Civic Activities.

    b.

    Facilities:

    i.

    Drive-Through;

    ii.

    Advertising Sign, except when the facility meets the requirements of Section 17.11.090.

    3.

    Special Situations. Any project requiring a Conditional Use Permit that involves any of the following situations:

    a.

    A project requiring development of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR);

    b.

    A single establishment containing a Commercial or Industrial Activity, or portion thereof, which is located in any Residential Zone and occupies more than five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area, except where the proposal involves only the resumption of a nonconforming activity;

    c.

    Off-Street Parking Facilities in the C-40, CBD-P, CBD-C, CBD-X, S-2, and D-LM Zones serving fifty (50) or more vehicles;

    d.

    Monopole Telecommunications Facilities in, or within three hundred (300) feet of the boundary of, any Residential or HBX Zone;

    e.

    A project in the OS Zone listed as requiring a Major Conditional Use Permit in Chapter 17.11;

    f.

    An Electroplating Activity as defined in Section 17.09.040 subject to the provisions of Section 17.102.340;

    g.

    A Telecommunications Facility in or within one hundred (100) feet of the boundary of any Residential Zone, HBX Zone, or the D-CE-3 or D-CE-4 Zone;

    h.

    A Telecommunications Facility whose antennas and equipment are not fully concealed from view within three hundred (300) feet of the boundary of the RH, RD, RM, RU-1, or RU-2 Zones, HBX Zones, or the D-CE-3 or D-CE-4 Zone;

    i.

    A project requiring a Conditional Use Permit as set forth under Section 17.153.050 for any demolition or conversion of Residential Hotel Units or a Residential Hotel.

    B.

    Minor Conditional Use Permit. A minor conditional use permit is a conditional use permit which does not involve any of the purposes listed in Subsection A. of this Section.

(Ord. No. 13509, § 2(Exh. A), 12-4-2018; Ord. No. 13501, § 4(Exh. A), 7-24-2018; Ord. No. 13357, § 3(Exh. A), 2-16-2016; Ord. No. 13302, § 5(Exh. C), 4-21-2015; Ord. No. 13276, § 5(Exh. A), 12-9-2014; Ord. No. 13251, § 5(Exh. A), 7-29-2014; Ord. No. 13172, § 3(Exh. A), 7-2-2013; Ord. No. 13168, § 5(Exh. A-2), 6-18-2013; Ord. No. 13064, § 2(Exh. A), 3-15-2011; Ord. No. 13060, § 2(Exh. A), 3-1-2011; Ord. No. 13042, § 4(Exh. A), 10-19-2010; Ord. No. 12999, § 4(Exh. A), 3-16-2010; Ord. No. 12971, § 2(Exh. A), 9-22-2009; Ord. No. 12955, § 2(Exh. A), 7-21-2009; Ord. 12872 § 4 (part), 2008; Ord. 12868 § 2 (part), 2008; Ord. 12776 § 3, Exh. A (part), 2006: Ord. 12768 § 3 (part), 2006; Ord. 12501 § 80, 2003: Ord. 12450 § 19, 2002; Ord. 12350 § 3 (part), 2001; Ord. 12272 § 4 (part), 2000; Ord. 12237 § 4, 2000; Ord. 12234 § 4, 2000; Ord. 12224 § 7, 2000; Ord. 12205 § 4 (part), 2000; Ord. 12199 § 9 (part), 2000; Ord. 12138 § 4 (part), 1999; Ord. 12078 § 5 (part), 1998; Ord. 12072 § 12, 1998; Ord. 12016 § 2 (part), 1997; Ord. 11904 § 5.91, 1996; Ord. 11892 § 21, 1996; Ord. 11539 § 2, 1993; prior planning code § 9201)