(A)   The City Council by an affirmative two- thirds (2/3) vote may by resolution grant a special permit for the following special uses in any district, except as herein qualified, for which they are otherwise prohibited by this ordinance, and may impose appropriate conditions and safeguards, including a specified period of time for the permit, to protect the comprehensive plan and to conserve and protect property and property values in the neighborhood:

      (1)   Airport, landing field, or landing strip for aircraft.

      (2)   Amusement park, but not within three hundred (300) feet of any “R” District.

      (3)   Cemetery or mausoleum.

      (4)   Circus or carnival grounds, but not within three hundred (300) feet of any “R” District.

      (5)   Commercial, recreational or amusement development for temporary or seasonal periods.

      (6)   Hospital or institution, provided that any hospital or institution building permitted in any “R” District shall be located on a site of not less than five (5) acres, shall not occupy more than ten percent (10%) of the total lot area and shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from all lot lines.

      (7)   Privately operated community building or recreation field.

      (8)   Any public or government building.

      (9)   Radio or television broadcasting tower or station.

      (10)   Tourist or trailer camp in the C-2 Commercial District or the M-1 Light Industrial District and its extension into an abutting Residential District, provided such tourist or trailer camp shall comply with the following and such additional requirements as may be deemed necessary for proper development and the protection of the surrounding area:

         (a)   All appropriate state, county and city sanitation regulations shall be strictly observed.

         (b)   At least two thousand (2,000) square feet of lot area per trailer shall be provided; no trailer shall be parked closer to the street or highway than the required front yard setback or closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any property line; and a clearance of not less than twenty (20) feet shall be maintained between trailer coaches on all sides.

         (c)   Trailer coach spaces shall abut upon a hard-surfaced driveway or access way of not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width.

         (d)   Service building or other facilities for bathing, laundry and sanitation, as required by the state and local health regulations, shall be located at least twenty (20) feet from the side and rear lot lines, and shall be accessible to all trailer coaches by means of the access drives or hard-surfaced walks.

         (e)   Wherever practicable, space shall be reserved for recreation and a playground.

      (11)   Warehouse in any R-1 Residential District.

      (12)   Personal services uses including barber shops, beauty parlors, photographic or artist studios, messengers, and other personal service uses of a similar character, wherein there are three (3) employees or less, provided that the owner of the business shall also be counted as an employee.

   (B)   Before authorization of any of the above special uses, the request therefor shall be referred to the City Plan Commission for study and report concerning the effect of the proposed use on the comprehensive plan and on the character and development of the neighborhood and a public hearing shall be held in relation thereto before the Plan Commission, notice and publication of the time and place for which shall conform to the procedure prescribed in Article XXII for hearings on amendments. If no report is transmitted by the Plan Commission within sixty (60) days of notification, the City Council may take action without further awaiting such report.

   (C)   Any proposed special use shall otherwise comply with all the regulations set forth in this ordinance for the district in which such use is located, except that the City Council may permit hospitals and institutions to exceed the height limitations of such district.

(Am. Ord. 1968-37, passed 9-9-1968; Am. Ord. 1987-16, passed 8-24-1987; Am. Ord. 1993-31, passed 12-13-1993; Am. Ord. 1995-34, passed 12-11-1995)

   An authorized agency of the municipal, county, state or federal government or the owner or owners of any tract of land comprising an area of not less than ten (10) acres may submit to the City Council a plan for the use and development of all of the tract of land for residential and allied purposes. The development plan shall be referred to the City Plan Commission for study and report and for public hearings. Notice and publication of such public hearings shall conform to the procedures prescribed in Article XXII for hearings on changes and amendments. If the Commission approves the plans, these shall then be submitted to the City Council for consideration and action. The approval and recommendations of the Commission shall be accompanied by a report stating the reasons for approval of the application and specific evidence and facts showing that the proposed community unit plan meets the following conditions:

   (A)   The property adjacent to the area included in the plan will not be adversely affected, and to this end the Commission may require, in the absence of an appropriate physical barrier, that uses of least intensity or a buffer of open space or screening be arranged along the borders of the project.

   (B)   The plan is consistent with the intent and purposes of this ordinance to promote public health, safety, morals and general welfare.

   (C)   The buildings shall be used only for single- family dwellings, two-family dwellings, or multiple dwellings, and the usual accessory uses such as private or storage garages, storage space, and for community activities, including churches.

   (D)   The average lot area per family contained in the site, exclusive of the area occupied by streets, will not be less than the lot area per family required in the district in which the development is located.

   If the City Council approves the plans, building permits and certificates of occupancy may be issued even though the use of land and the location and height of buildings to be erected in the area and the yards and open space contemplated by the plan do not conform in all respects to the district regulations of the district in which it is located.