§ 68-410.05. Materially similar uses.

When evaluating an application for a materially similar use, the city manager or designee, shall consider the following characteristics, including but not limited to:

(a)

Any special public utility requirement for serving the proposed use;

(b)

The amount and nature of any nuisances generated on the premises, including but not limited to noise, smoke, odor, glare, vibration, radiation and fumes;

(c)

Parking requirements, turnover and generation, ratio of the number of spaces required per unit area or activity and the potential for shared parking with other uses;

(d)

The size and type of items sold and nature of inventory on the premises;

(e)

Volume and type of sales (retail wholesale, etc.), if relevant;

(f)

The nature and location of storage and outdoor display of merchandise; enclosed, open, inside or outside the principal building, and predominant types of items stored (such as business vehicles, work-in-process, inventory, and merchandise, construction materials, scrap and junk and raw materials including liquids and powders);

(g)

Any processing done on the premises, including assembly, warehousing, shipping, distribution;

(h)

The type, size and nature of buildings and structures;

(i)

The number of and density of employees and customers per unit area of site in relation to business hours and employment shifts;

(j)

Transportation requirements, including the modal split for people and goods, by volume, type and characteristic of traffic generation to and front the site, trip purposes and whether trip purposes can be shared by other uses on the site; and

(k)

The impact on adjacent properties created by the proposed use will not be greater than that of other uses in the district.

(Ord. No. 12-09, § 4, 12-18-12)