17.40.020 Conditional use permit process.
A. Permit Required.
1. A conditional use permit shall be required for all uses listed as conditional uses in the zoning regulations in WPCC 17.60.050, Table of land use regulations. There are two types of conditional uses: administrative (AC), and planning commission conditional use (PC).
2. The community development director or designee is authorized to process administrative conditional uses. The planning commission reviews planning commission conditional uses and they have the authority to approve or approve with conditions, based on written standards from the ordinances.
3. Denial of an application shall only be considered if there are no conditions that can be imposed to mitigate the reasonably anticipated detrimental effects of the use.
B. Application Required. Application for a conditional use permit shall be made by the property owner or certified agent thereof to the community development department. Only applications deemed complete by the community development director or designee will be processed. Complete applications include appropriate application forms reflecting the standards of the city, site plans/drawings, texts, and signatures as required on the form available in the community development department and on the city’s website. All documentation shall meet city requirements. A letter or email confirming the completeness of the application may be requested by the applicant. All applications shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as established from time to time by resolution of the city council.
C. Courtesy Notice for Conditional Uses. The applicant shall notify, by personal conversations or a mailed letter, the adjacent property owners, including those across the street, as a courtesy, for the neighbor’s information only. A form letter is available for use in the community development department. Issues raised by neighbors may be incorporated as conditions of approval to mitigate anticipated detrimental effects, pursuant to the standards provided in WPCC 17.40.040.
D. Review Procedures. The community development director or designee shall administer an application review procedure in which the major and/or administrative conditional use application is evaluated for compliance with all applicable ordinances and codes and for reasonably anticipated detrimental effects.
If in the review of an administrative conditional use, staff finds site plan and/or use issues where the city standards conflict or the impacts of a use are significantly more than anticipated by the basic ordinance standards, staff may raise the application to the level of a planning commission conditional use and process it accordingly. [Ord. 08-17-2021B § 2 (Exh. A)].