The Board of Adjustment may by special permit, after public hearing, authorize the location of any of the following buildings or uses in any district from which they are prohibited by this chapter.

   1.   Any public building erected and used by any department of the City, Township, County, State or federal government.

   2.   Airport or landing field.

   3.   Community building or recreation field.

   4.   Hospitals, nonprofit fraternal institutions (provided they are used solely for fraternal purposes), and institutions of an educational, religious, philanthropic or eleemosynary character.

   5.   Preschools.

   6.   Public cemetery.

   7.   Private golf courses, country clubs, and tennis or swimming clubs.

   8.   Bus terminals.

   9.   Pet cemeteries.

   10.   Telecommunications towers and antennas.

   11.   Home occupations.

   Before issuing any special permit for any of the above buildings or uses, the Board of Adjustment shall review the conformity of the proposed building or use with the standards of the existing Comprehensive Plan, as amended, and with recognized principles of civic design, land use planning, and landscape architecture. The Board of Adjustment may approve the special permit as submitted or, before approval, may require that the applicant modify, alter, adjust or amend the proposal as the Board of Adjustment deems necessary to the end that it preserve the intent and purpose of this chapter to promote public health, safety, morals and the general welfare. Applications for a special permit under the terms of this chapter shall be accompanied by evidence concerning the feasibility of the proposed request and its effect on surrounding property and shall include a site plan defining the areas to be developed for buildings, the areas to be developed for parking, the locations of sidewalks and driveways and the points of ingress and egress, including access streets, where required, the location and heights of walls, the location and type of landscaping and the location, size and number of signs. In the event a special permit is granted under the terms of this chapter, any change thereafter in the approved use or site plan shall be resubmitted and considered in the same manner as the original proposal.