The purpose of this chapter is to provide a procedure and standards for the review of special uses which, by reason of their public convenience, necessity, unusual character, technical need or effect on the neighborhood, may be appropriate in any district but not suitable for listing within the other sections of this title.

The following uses may be approved as community services uses:

Adult or senior center.

Boat moorage, marina, or houseboat moorage.

Building used for religious worship.

Cemetery, crematory, mausoleum, mortuary, or funeral home.

Childcare facility for 13 or more children.

Drug and alcohol treatment facility.

Elderly housing.

Helicopter landing facility.

Hospital and medical offices developed in conjunction with a hospital facility.

Public building or use, including, but not limited to, a city hall, post office, or library.

Public or private park, including a golf course, trail system, or similar recreational facility.

Public or private preschool or kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, or college (schools that are customarily commercial rather than academic in nature such as business, dance, karate, and other similar schools shall not be considered a community services use).

Sewerage or drainageway system structures.

Utility facility, including generating facilities, substations, telephone switching stations, and other facilities required for the transmission of power or communications.

Water system structures.

(Ord. No. 688, 6-15-1999)

Community services uses shall be considered a Type III review process.

A.

Application. All community services uses shall be reviewed as conditional uses according to the procedures and criteria of Chapters 12 and 14 of this title. Plans shall be submitted for the site that identify the location of the use, building, parking area, landscaping, screening, and any other features on the site. The applicant shall submit a narrative that explains why the use is necessary for the community and why the particular site best serves the community. The narrative shall also consider impacts upon surrounding uses and possible mitigating measures, including, but not limited to, the location of parking, effects of off-site parking, traffic generation, street access points, buffering and screening, noise, illumination controls, structure height, hours of operation, crime prevention, design elements such as scale, structural design, form and materials, signage, and any other impacts unique to the specific use.

The approval of a community services use is for a specific use. Any change or expansion of an approved use shall be subject to the review procedures of this chapter.

B.

Zoning map. A community services use approval shall not be construed as an amendment to the zoning map, although the same may be depicted thereon by appropriate color designation, symbol or short title identification.

(Ord. No. 688, 6-15-1999)

Minimum yard setbacks:

A.

Residential districts. In any residential district, setbacks shall be as follows:

Front yard, 30 feet.

Side yard or side street yard, 20 feet for one story building; 25 feet for 2 or more stories.

Rear yard, 25 feet.

B.

Other districts. In any district other than a residential district, setbacks shall be as required in the district. A CS use adjacent to a residential district shall comply with setbacks in subsection A. of this section; a CS use adjacent to nonresidentially designated land shall comply with setback requirements of the district.

C.

Site review. Site review is required for all community services uses.

(Ord. No. 688, 6-15-1999)