The proposed conditional use is not in substantial conflict with the General Plan;

The proposed conditional use will not adversely affect the health, safety, and general welfare;

The site for the proposed conditional use is adequate in size and shape to accommodate the yards, walls, fences, parking and loading facilities, landscaping, and other development features set forth in this chapter or as required as a condition in order to integrate such use with the uses in the neighborhood; and

The site for the proposed conditional use is served by highways and streets adequate in width and improved as necessary to carry the kind and quantity of traffic such use will generate.

Special yards, open spaces, and buffer areas;

Fences and walls;

Parking facilities, including vehicular ingress and egress and the surfacing of parking areas and driveways to specified standards;

Street and highway dedications and improvements, including sidewalks, curbs, and gutters;

Water supply and fire protection in accordance with the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 2, Title 4 of this Code;

Landscaping and the maintenance of the grounds;

The regulation of nuisance factors, such as noise, vibration, smoke, dust, dirt, odors, gases, noxious matter, heat, glare, electro-magnetic disturbances, and radiation;

The regulation of operating hours for activities affecting normal neighborhood schedules and functions;

The regulation of signs, including outdoor advertising;

A specified validation period limiting the time in which the development may begin;

Provisions for a bond or other surety that the proposed conditional use will be removed on or before a specified date;

A site plan indicating all details and data as set forth in this chapter, subject to the provisions of Article 20 of this chapter; and

Such other conditions as will make possible the development of the proposed conditional use in an orderly and efficient manner and in general accord with all of the elements of the General Plan and the intent and purposes of this chapter.

There are exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applicable to the property that do not apply generally to other properties in the same vicinity and zone; and

The variance is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of substantial property rights possessed by owners of other properties in the same vicinity and zone but which is denied the owner of the subject property; and

The granting of the variance will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity; and

The grant of this variance does not constitute a special privilege to the applicant.

Criteria. Review and approval for the following administrative variance requests shall be made by the Director of Planning, based on the findings contained in Subsection (b) of this section and any additional findings required by this subsection, except that if the development project will otherwise require review by the Planning Commission, the Planning Director may refer the request for the administrative variance to the Planning Commission in conjunction with the other project approval:

Procedures. An applicant for an administrative variance shall file an application and pay an application fee in the amount set forth by resolution of the City Council. Prior to rendering a decision on the application, the Director shall provide written notice to owners of property that is contiguous to the property that is the subject of the application. The notice shall contain a description of the type and location of the requested administrative variance and the anticipated decision date, and shall allow 10 days to submit comments to the City. Upon the passage of such 10 day period, the Director of Planning may render a decision. Any decision of the Planning Director may be appealed to the Planning Commission by any person within 10 days after notice of the decision has been provided to the applicant.