Title 17 — ZONING[1]›Chapter 17.58 — GARAGE AND YARD SALES
§ 17.72
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17.72.010 - Initiation—Processing. ¶
A temporary use permit application may be initiated by the planning director, or by the owners or the authorized agent of the owners of parcels of property on which the temporary use is to be located. When initiated by the director of public works, the planning director shall process the permit in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Other parties shall file an application as required by Section 17.72.030.
(Ord. 630 § 3 (part), 1987; Ord. 595 § 7.04(A) (part), 1982)
17.72.020 - Required when. ¶
A temporary use permit is required for the following uses:
A.
Temporary display and sales of art work;
B.
Christmas tree sales;
C.
Carnivals, circuses, special events of not over seventy-two consecutive hours;
D.
Garage or yard sales subject to the limitation of Chapter 17.58;
E.
Parking and temporary moving of construction equipment;
F.
Storage of materials incidental to the carrying on of a public works project, subdivision or other construction project;
G.
Real estate sales office or a development site;
H.
Garage or shed on development site;
I.
Model homes, model home sales offices;
J.
Such other uses as the planning director may consider to be within the intent and purposes of this chapter.
(Ord. 630 § 3 (part), 1987; Ord. 595 § 7.04(A) (part), 1982)
17.72.030 - Application. ¶
An application for a temporary use permit shall be filed with the planning director by the owners or the authorized agent of owners of the parcels of property for which the permit is sought. The permit shall contain the following information:
A.
Name and address of applicant;
B.
Address and legal description of the property;
C.
A statement and maps, site plans, charts, diagrams, renderings and other data or exhibits which clearly define the use to be made of the property and its relationship to adjacent properties;
D.
Two maps showing all properties, public and private streets, alleys and pertinent easements within three hundred feet of the property described in the application. This requirement may be waived by the director of public works;
E.
Statement of the date and time the use is to cease;
F.
Such additional information as the planning director may require.
(Ord. 630 § 3 (part), 1987; Ord. 595 § 7.04(B), 1982)
17.72.040 - Fee—Deposit.
A fee shall accompany the application in an amount to be established by resolution of the city council. In addition, the director may require a deposit not to exceed one hundred percent of the fee. The deposit is to be refunded to the applicant upon determination by the planning director within fifteen days after the use is scheduled to cease that the property has been restored to a clean, sanitary and usable condition.
(Ord. 630 § 3 (part), 1987; Ord. 595 § 7.04(C), 1982)
17.72.050 - Thirty days' duration or less. ¶
The planning director may grant permits for temporary use of thirty days or less upon a finding that the use, under conditions imposed, will not have a significant adverse impact on adjacent properties and the community.
(Ord. 630 § 3 (part), 1987; Ord. 595 § 7.04(D), 1982)
17.72.060 - Thirty-one to one hundred eighty days.
A.
The planning director may grant a temporary use for thirty to one hundred eighty days upon a finding that the use will not, under conditions imposed, have a significant adverse impact on adjacent properties or the community.
B.
A permit for use for thirty-one to one hundred eighty days shall be processed as if it were a minor variance.
C.
A permit processed under this section may be extended by the planning director for an additional one hundred eighty days and subsequently, by the city council, for one year.
(Ord. 630 § 3 (part), 1987; Ord. 595 § 7.04(E), 1982)
Chapter 17.74 - NOTICES—SUSPENSIONS AND REVOCATIONS
Sections:
17.74.010 - Notice of required public hearings.
When public hearings are required by this title and reference is made to this section, such notice shall be given by:
A.
Publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the city not less than ten days before the date of a scheduled public hearing. Such notice shall state the nature of the matter to be heard, the location of the property involved, and the time and place of the hearing; and
B.
Posting of notices of such hearing at a distance not more than one hundred feet apart along both sides of each and every street upon which the property abuts for a distance of not less than three hundred feet from the boundaries of the property. The nature of the proposed action shall be printed in plain type with letters not less than one inch in height and in addition in smaller type a statement describing the property involved and the character of the proposed action.
(Ord. 595 § 7.05, 1982)
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