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A conditional use permit shall be granted by the city, only if the applicant demonstrates that:

A. The granting of the conditional use permit will not:

1. Adversely affect the established character of the surrounding vicinity. For the purposes of this section, character shall mean the distinctive features or attributes of buildings and site design on adjacent properties and in the vicinity and as articulated in the comprehensive plan, including but not limited to building facade, length, building modulation, building height, roof form, tree cover, types of flora, location of landscaping, size and location of signs, setbacks, amount and location of parking, fencing type, height and location, and the like;

2. Be detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare; and

3. Be injurious to the property or improvements adjacent to, and in the vicinity of, the site upon which the proposed use is to be located.

B. The granting of the proposed conditional use permit is consistent and compatible with the goals and policies of the comprehensive plan, and any code, ordinance, regulation or standard in effect to implement the plan.

C. The proposed use is properly located in relation to other land uses, transportation and public facilities and services in the vicinity; and further, that the capacity of the transportation system and other public facilities and services will adequately serve the proposed use without placing an undue burden on such systems, facilities and services.

D. The intensity (i.e., the nature, types and hours of human activity) and character of the proposed use is compatible with the intensity and character of the uses of adjacent property and of property in the vicinity.

E. That the site is of sufficient size to accommodate the proposed use; and further that, in the opinion of the city, all yards, open spaces, landscaping, walls and fences, parking, loading, and other necessary features are properly provided to assure the proposed use will be compatible with adjacent uses and the character of the vicinity.

F. The proposed use will not introduce hazardous conditions at the site that cannot be mitigated so as to protect adjacent properties, the vicinity, and the public health, safety and welfare of the community from such hazards.

G. The conditions necessary to mitigate the impacts of the proposed conditional use are capable of reasonable monitoring and reasonable enforcement. (Ord. 1815 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1629 § 1, 1996).