Amador City Municipal Code Ch. 17.80 Conditional Use Permits

The following regulations shall apply to the granting of conditional use permits.

Uses may be permitted by the planning commission and city council in zones from which they are prohibited by this title where such uses are deemed essential or desirable to the public convenience or welfare, and are in harmony with the various elements or objectives of the comprehensive general plan. The procedure for filing of applications, filing fees, investigation, notices, public hearings, findings, and appeal shall be the same as herein provided for variances, except that the city council upon recommendation of the planning commission may waive public hearings on an application for conditional use permits for public utility or public service uses or public buildings, when found to be necessary for the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare.

(Ord. 55 § 20.00, 1980)

The following uses may be permitted in any zone upon the granting of a conditional use permit.

A. Airports or aircraft landing fields;

B. Cemeteries, columbariums, crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries;

C. Churches or other places used exclusively for religious worship;

D. Educational institutions including schools, elementary or high;

E. Establishments or enterprises involving large assemblages of people, or automobiles, including amusement parks, circuses, carnivals, expositions, fairgrounds, open-air theaters, race tracks, recreational and sports centers;

F. Hospitals and sanitariums;

G. Institutions of a philanthropic or eleemosynary nature;

H. Libraries, museums, and private clubs;

I. Natural resources development together with the necessary buildings, apparatus, or appurtenances incident thereto;

J. Large scale neighborhood housing projects having a minimum gross area of twenty (20) acres;

K. Parks, playgrounds, and community buildings;

L. Public utility or public service buildings, structures, and uses, except as otherwise provided in this title;

M. Radio. and television transmitters;

N. Real estate tract offices, golf courses, and country clubs.

(Ord. 55 § 20.02, 1980)