Watsonville Municipal Code Part 8 Conditional Approval

(a) Whenever this title or California Statutes authorizes the Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, City Council, or other body to condition applications for development permits, the official or entity, after review of the application and other pertinent documents and any evidence made part of the record of the public process, may, in addition to those conditions required for particular types of development permits, impose additional conditions reasonably necessary to assure the following:

(1) Conformity with the goals and policies embodied in the General Plan;

(2) Standards which are generally or specially applicable to particular uses including specific conditions relative to operation of the use;

(3) Compatibility between the proposed development and adjacent development and neighborhoods;

(4) Preservation of the character and integrity of adjacent development and neighborhoods; and

(5) Protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City.

(b) Where such additional conditions are imposed, the body imposing such conditions shall make findings which embody the basic purpose of such conditions placed on the application. Such conditions imposed by recommendation of the Zoning Administrator or Planning Commission may only be modified subsequently by the final decision-maker or upon appeal.

(Ord. 1156-03 C-M, eff. May 22, 2003)