17.32.030 Use permit required.
A. All of the uses listed in this section, and all matters directly related thereto are declared to be uses possessing characteristics of such unique and special form as to make impractical their inclusion in any class of use set forth in the various districts defined in this title, and therefore the authority for a location of the operation of any of the uses designated in this section shall be subject to the issuance of a use permit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.36. In addition to the criteria for determining whether or not a use permit should be issued as set forth in Chapter 17.36, the planning commission shall consider the following additional factors to determine that the characteristics of the uses listed in this section will not be unreasonably incompatible with uses permitted in surrounding areas: (1) damage or nuisance from noise, smoke, odor, dust or vibration; (2) hazard from explosion, contamination or fire; (3) hazard occasioned by unusual volume or character of traffic or the congregating of large numbers of people or vehicles.
B. The uses referred to in this section are as follows:
1. Airports and landing fields;
2. Cemeteries;
3. Establishments or enterprises involving large assemblages of people or automobiles as follows:
a. Amusement parks and racetracks,
b. Circuses or carnivals,
c. Public buildings, parks and other public recreational facilities,
d. Recreational facilities, privately operated;
4. The mining of natural mineral resources, together with the necessary buildings and appurtenances thereto;
5. Removal or deposit of earth other than in connection with excavations or deposits in connection with construction of buildings, roadways or public or home improvements. (Ord. 3-83 § 5.3, 1983)