Use permits may be issued as provided in this chapter for any of the uses or purposes for which such permits are required or permitted by the terms of this article upon conditions designated by the decision-making body.

The purpose of the use permit is to allow the proper integration into the community of uses which may be suitable only in specific locations in a zoning district, or only if such uses are designed or arranged on the site in a particular manner.

The community development director may approve, deny or conditionally approve an application for a use permit at a noticed public hearing, unless the conditional use specifically requires planning commission or city council action.

The decision-making body may impose such conditions as it deems necessary to secure the purposes of this article. The decision-making body may impose such requirements and conditions with respect to location, construction, maintenance, operation, site planning, traffic control and time limits for the use permit as it deems necessary for the protection of adjacent properties and the public interest. The commission may require tangible guarantees or evidence that such conditions are being, or will be, complied with.

The application form provided by the city.

An applicant support statement which includes a complete project summary including a description of all proposed activities and uses proposed for the site and a business plan if applicable.

A site plan to scale indicating the location and configuration of all buildings and proposed uses including setbacks from property lines, parking spaces and circulation, fencing, street improvements, fire hydrants, refuse, waste and recycling areas, proposed grading and drainage, and other significant site features. The site plan shall include computations on the number and types of parking spaces, amounts of usable open space or interior yard area, lot area coverage, floor area ratio (FAR) calculations, net and gross lot area, and the square footage and location of all easements on the project site.

Building floor plan(s) of sufficient clarity and scale to indicate the nature and extent of the use and to illustrate in detail that it will conform to the provisions of all relevant laws, codes, ordinances, rules, and regulations.

Building elevations of sufficient clarity to indicate the nature of the exterior appearance of the proposal and its relationship to its surroundings.

Depending upon the complexity of the application, additional materials such as presentation illustrations, three-dimensional models, photometric, and color schemes, color elevations, and color and materials boards analysis may be required by the community development director.

The community development director may require other drawings, data, or information deemed necessary by the department to accomplish the purposes of state law or this title.

In considering an application, the decision-making body shall consider and give due regard to the nature and condition of all adjacent uses and structures, the applicable zoning district regulations, any specific plans for the area in question, and the general plan.

The decision-making body shall grant a use permit only if it makes a finding that the establishment, maintenance or operation of the use applied for:

No use permit shall be effective, nor shall any building permit for which a use permit is required, be issued until the time period for filing an appeal on the decision granting the use permit has ended as set forth in Chapter 12.78. If such an appeal is timely filed, the use permit shall not become effective, nor shall any such building permit be issued, until all administrative appeals have been acted on or appeal periods have expired.