Ordinance 2531-01 - Laserfiche WebLink

BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Board of adjustment created. A. Created - Purpose - Membership - Term. A board of adjustment is herewith established. The board shall hear and decide all applications for variances from the provisions of requirements of this title except as specified in Section 41.130. The board members shall be appointed by the Mayor with consent of the Council and shall consist of citizens having an understanding of the benefits of zoning to the municipality. B. Meetings. Meetings of the board shall be held at such times as the chairman of the board may determine, or upon request of the City administration. There shall be a fixed place of meetings, and all regular board meetings shall be open to the public. Notice of all public hearings before the board shall be given in accordance with the public notice provisions of the City's Local Project Review Procedures Ordinance. The board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings, findings and action in each case, and the vote of each member on each question considered in the proceedings. The presence of a majority of the entire membership shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. In order to approve any item or application brought before the board of adjustment, a majority of the board as constituted shall be required to vote in favor of such an approval. SECTION 15: That Chapter 41 of Ordinance No. 1671-89 as amended by Section 10 of Ordinance No. 1811-91, Sections 63 and 64 of Ordinance No. 1849-92, Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2290-98 and Sections 63-68 of Ordinance No. 2397-99 (EMC 19.41.150) which reads in part as follows: Special property uses. A. User Guide. A special property use is a use by its unique nature or scale has qualities or impacts which cannot be classified into a particular zone and must be given careful consideration before the city allows the establishment of such a use. In certain cases, a use which is permitted in a particular zone may be allowed in another zone only through the special property use permit. B. Review Process. All of the uses specified in subsection D of this section are special property uses. The use-standards table in each zone indicates which of the special property uses shall be permitted in each zone, and which review process shall be used to evaluate a particular use in a particular zone. Special property uses shall be evaluated for the following criteria, depending upon which review process is required by the use- standards table: 1. Review Process II.B. All special property uses shall be evaluated for the criteria listed in subsections C and D of this section. The planning director shall also have the discretion to approve a minor expansion of an existing use which this chapter classifies as a special property use, or to require the proposed expansion to be reviewed using Review Process III.B. For purposes of this section, a minor expansion shall be not more than twenty-five percent of the land or building gross floor area devoted to the existing special property use. 19