§ 21.66.010. Intent.

It is the intent of this chapter to:

A.

Provide for the location of certain types of uses, services and facilities which, because of their unique characteristics, cannot (or should not) be limited to or automatically included in specific land use classification districts;

B.

Permit essential services and facilities which are needed or may be needed by or in the community, but the exact nature, scale, or location of which cannot be foreseen or predicted;

C.

Establish development standards for such uses and facilities in order that properties adjacent to such uses, especially properties which are of clearly different character from the use or uses identified in this chapter, are reasonably protected from adverse effects or impact of these special uses;

D.

Authorize the county to impose reasonable conditions, restrictions and development requirements on special uses as may be deemed appropriate for a special use in any given land use district;

E.

Provide for a review process which will enable county officials, the general public and proponents of special uses to evaluate the need, location, scale and development characteristics of such uses and their impact on adjacent properties and the community as a whole, to the end that such uses may be approved, modified, or disapproved fairly and objectively;

F.

It relieves the ordinance codified in this title and its enforcement officials from the burden of trying to identify every district in which a specific and unique use should be included as a special use;

G.

Just as other chapters of this title try to achieve flexibility by describing rather than listing permitted uses in each district, this chapter should contribute to the desired flexibility by recognizing the limits of predictability;

H.

It further enhances flexibility since the development standards for a particular use may vary depending upon the specific location for which it is proposed.

(Ord. 11274 § 1 (part), 1996)