As permitted under the provisions of this ordinance, a property owner may petition the City for a specific use of property, as authorized by the zoning district in which the property is located. Such a petition shall be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission. After proper notice and a public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall make a recommendation to the City Council regarding any application for a Specific Use Permit. The Planning and Zoning Commission may require information, operating data, and expert evaluation concerning the location and function and characteristics of any building or use proposed.

An application for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) shall be accompanied by a site plan drawn to scale and showing the general arrangements of the project, together with essential requirements such as off-street parking facilities; size, height, construction materials and locations of buildings; the uses to be permitted; location and construction of signs; means of ingress and egress to public streets; visual screening such as walls, landscaping, and fences; and the relationship of the intended use to all existing properties and land uses in all directions to minimum distance of two hundred (200) feet.

After proper notice and a public hearing (see Section 37.3.2), the City Council may grant a permit for the specific use of property as authorized by the zoning district in which the property is situated. The City Council may require information, operating data, and expert evaluation concerning the location and function and characteristics of any building or use proposed.

In recommending that a Specific Use Permit for the premises under consideration be granted, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall determine that such use or uses are harmonious and adaptable to building structures and uses of adjacent property and other property in the vicinity of the premises under consideration, and shall make recommendations as to requirements for the paving of streets, alleys, and sidewalks, means of access to public streets, provisions for drainage, adequate off-street parking, protective screening and open space, heights of structures, and compatibility of buildings.

The City Council may authorize issuance of a Specific Use Permit after consideration of the following approval criteria:

No Specific Use Permit shall be granted unless the applicant, owner, and grantee of the Specific Use Permit shall be willing to accept and agree to be bound by and comply with the written conditions of approval for the permit, as attached to the site plan drawing (or drawings) and approved by the City Council. No public hearing is necessary for site plan approval.

Whenever regulations or restrictions imposed by this ordinance are either more or less restrictive than regulations imposed by any governmental authority through legislation, rule, or regulation, the regulations, rules or restrictions which are more restrictive or impose higher standards or requirements shall govern. Regardless of any other provision of this ordinance, no land shall be used, and no structure erected or maintained in violation of any State or Federal pollution control or environmental protection law or regulation.

When the City Council authorizes the granting of a Specific Use Permit, the Zoning Map shall be amended according to its legend to indicate that the affected area has conditional and limited uses.

Should an approved Specific Use Permit use cease to operate as permitted for 12 months, the City Council may initiate extinguishment of the Specific Use Permit for the property.