§ 15.00.00. Purpose and applicability.

(a)

Purpose. Certain uses are conditional uses instead of being allowed by right, even if they have beneficial effects and serve important public interests. They are subject to conditional use regulations because they may, but do not necessarily, have significant adverse effects on the environment, overburden public services, change the desired character of an area, or create major nuisances. A review of these uses is necessary due to the potential individual or cumulative impacts they may have on the surrounding area or neighborhood. The conditional use review provides an opportunity to allow the use when there are minimal impacts, to allow the use but impose conditions to address identified concerns, or to deny the use if the concerns cannot be resolved.

(b)

Authority. The town council may, in accordance with the procedures, standards and limitations of this article, approve applications for conditional uses.

(c)

Authorized conditional uses. Only those uses which are authorized in each land use district may be approved as conditional uses. The designation of a use in a land use district as a conditional use does not constitute an authorization or an assurance that such use will be approved; rather, each proposed conditional use shall be evaluated by the town council for compliance with the standards and conditions set forth in this section and for each district. Wherever a use existing on the effective date of these regulations is terminated or demolished, subsequent use of the property upon which the use was located, by a use which these regulations classifies as a conditional use, shall be permitted only in conjunction with an approved conditional use.

(Ord. No. 2013-05, § 1(a), 11-12-2013)