Chapter 17.84 — ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS

This chapter establishes procedures for the review, and approval or denial of administrative permits, which are required by Chapters 17.16 through 17.32 for land use activities that may be desirable in the applicable zoning district and compatible with adjacent land uses, but whose effects on a site and its surroundings cannot be determined before being proposed for a particular location.

(Code 1990, § 17.84.010; Ord. No. 14-02, § 4, 3-19-2014)

An administrative permit is required to authorize proposed land uses and activities identified by Chapters 17.16 through 17.32 or any other section of this chapter which requires an administrative permit as being allowable in the applicable zoning district subject to the approval of an administrative permit and to authorize modifications to previously approved administrative permits.

(Code 1990, § 17.84.020; Ord. No. 14-02, § 4, 3-19-2014)

An application for an administrative permit shall be made to the Department on a form provided for that purpose pursuant to Chapter 17.60. All required information identified on the form shall be provided by the applicant, and any additional information required by the Director in order to conduct a thorough review of the proposed project. It is the responsibility of the applicant to establish evidence in support of the findings required by Section 17.84.040.

(Code 1990, § 17.84.030; Ord. No. 14-02, § 4, 3-19-2014)

The Director may approve an administrative permit application, with or without conditions, only if all of the following findings can be made:

(1)

The proposed use is consistent with all applicable sections of the general plan and this chapter and is consistent with any applicable specific plan or master plan;

(2)

The proposed use and the conditions under which it would be operated or maintained will not be detrimental to the public health and safety nor be materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity; and

(3)

Any other findings the Director deems necessary to support approval or denial of the proposed use.

(Code 1990, § 17.84.040; Ord. No. 14-02, § 4, 3-19-2014)

(a)

Review authority may impose conditions. In approving an administrative permit, the Director may impose specific development conditions relating to the construction (both on- and off-site improvements), establishment, maintenance, location, and operation of the proposed activity, as are found reasonable and necessary to ensure that the approval will be in compliance with the findings required by Section 17.84.040.

(b)

Examples of appropriate conditions. Appropriate conditions may include, but not be limited to, location of buildings and parking areas; the payment of drainage fees; requirement of special yards, open spaces, buffers, fences and walls; installation and maintenance of landscaping; requirement of street dedications and improvements; regulation of points of vehicular ingress and egress; regulation of circulation; regulation of signs; regulation of hours of operation and methods of operation; control of potential nuisances; prescription of development schedules and development standards; and other similar conditions.

(Code 1990, § 17.84.050; Ord. No. 14-02, § 4, 3-19-2014)