Article 14 Conditional Uses Permitted by Special ReviewARTICLE 14. CONDITIONAL USES PERMITTED BY SPECIAL REVIEW
SECTION 1401 GENERAL POWERS
The City Council may by conditional use permit after a Public Hearing and referral to a
recommendation from the Planning Commission, authorize and permit conditional uses that are
designated in the district use regulations if it is found that the location and characteristics of the use
will not be detrimental to the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the area.
Allowable conditional uses may be permitted, enlarged, or altered upon application for a conditional
use permit in accordance with the rules and procedures of this Ordinance. The City Council may
grant or deny a conditional use permit in accordance with the intent and purpose of this Ordinance.
In granting a conditional use permit, the City Council will authorize limitations and shall prescribe
and impose appropriate conditions, safeguards, and a specified time limit for the performance of the
conditional use permit.
Any conditional use permit granted pursuant to the provisions for this Article 14 shall run with the
land subject only to satisfactory compliance with the conditions, safeguards and specified time limit
required under the conditional use permit, as established by the Mayor and City Council. A
conditional use permit shall not terminate merely because the conditional use permit applicant sells,
transfers, conveys or assigns, voluntarily or involuntarily, its interest in the property subject to the
conditional use permit. However, if the project granted by a Conditional Use Permit is not started
within one (1) year of issuance, the use of the property changes or a Conditional Use Permit is
granted on the basis of a conditional purchase agreement that expires, the Conditional Use Permit
shall be terminated.
SECTION 1402 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
A request for a conditional use permit may be initiated by a property owner or his attorney by filing
an application with the City Administrator upon forms prescribed for the purpose. The application
shall be accompanied by drawings or a site plan and other such plans and data showing the
dimensions, arrangements, description data, and other materials constituting a record essential to an
understanding of the proposed use in relation to the provisions set forth herein. The applicant shall
submit and the application must be accompanied with a non-refundable application fee. Said fee
shall be set and determined from time to time as deemed necessary by the Mayor and City Council
by resolution, and shall be appended to the Municipal Code as part of an appendix for permit,
license, and application fees.
Written notices shall be given to all owners of land within three hundred (3 00) feet of the property.
Such land owners shall have ten days from the date of notification to notify the City Administrator of
any protests which they may have concerning the application.
A "Conditional Use Action Pending" sign will be posted on the front yard of the property under
consideration for a conditional use permit at least ten (10) days prior to the public hearings of the
Planning Commission and City Council.
City of Blair Zoning Regulations Article 14, page 1
SECTION 1403 RULES GOVERNING EXCEPTIONS
The Planning Commission shall put its findings and recommendations in writing which state the
extent of compliance with the specific rules governing individual exceptions and the extent that
satisfactory provision and arrangement have been made concerning the following, where applicable,
and submit them to the City Council:
SECTION 1403.01 ACCESS ingress and egress to property and proposed structures thereon with
particular reference to automotive and pedestrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and control,
and access in case of fire or catastrophe;
SECTION 1403.02 PARKING off-street parking and loading areas where required, with particular
attention to the items in (1) above and the noise, glare, odor or economic effects of the exception on
adjoining properties and properties generally in the district;
SECTION 1403.03 SERVICE refuse and service areas, with particular reference to the items in (1)
and (2) above;
SECTION 1403.04 UTILITIES, with reference to location, availability, and compatibility;
SECTION 1403.05 SCREENING and buffering with reference to type, dimensions, and character;
SECTION 1403.06 SIGNS, if any, and proposed exterior lighting with reference to glare, traffic
safety, economic effect and compatibility and haimony with properties in the district;
SECTION 1403.07 YARDS required yards and other open space;
SECTION 1403.08 COMPATIBILITY general compatibility with adjacent properties and other
property in the district.
SECTION 1403.09 UNLESS SPECIFICALLY WAIVED by the City Council, all rules,
regulations, and requirements of each respective zoning district shall apply.
SECTION 1404 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION AND
PROCEDURE
Before issuance of any conditional use permit, the City Council will consider the application for the
conditional use permit together with the recommendations of the Planning Commission at a public
hearing held within thirty (3 0) days or a reasonable time after the filing of the application and after
prior notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing has been given by publication in a legal
paper of general circulation in the City of Blair, one time at least ten (10) days prior to such hearing.
The concurring vote of three fourths of the members of the City Council shall be necessary to grant
a conditional use permit.
City of Blair Zoning Regulations Article 14, page 2
SECTION 1405 EXPIRATION OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
No order of the City Council granting a conditional use permit shall be valid for a period longer than
twelve months from the date of such order, unless the City Council specifically grants a longer
period of time upon the recommendation of the City Planning Commission.
SECTION 1406 SHORT-TERM ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
The city administrator may by short-term conditional use permit authorize and permit conditional
uses for a maximum period of six months that are designated in the district use regulations or are
consistent with previously grandfathered uses if it is found that the location and characteristics of the
use will not be detrimental to the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the area.
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City of Blair Zoning Regulations Article 14, page 3