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18.124.060 Action of planning commission. Within 40 days following the closing of a public hearing on a use permit application, the city planning commission shall act on the application. The commission may grant by resolution an application for a use permit as the use permit was applied for or in modified form, or the application may be denied. A use permit may be revocable, may be granted for a limited time period, or may be granted subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe. Conditions may include, but shall not be limited to, requiring special yards, open spaces, buffers, fences, and walls; requiring in- stallation and maintenance of landscaping; requiring street dedications and improvements; regulation of points of ve- hicular ingress and egress; regulation of traffic circulation; regulation of signs; regulation of hours of operation and methods of operation; control of potential nuisances; prescribing standards for maintenance of buildings and grounds; and prescription of development schedules. A use permit may not grant variances to the regulations prescribed by this chapter for fences, walls, hedges, screening, and landscaping; site area, width, frontage, and depth; front,rear, and side yards; basic floor area; height of structures; distances between structures; courts, usable open space; signs;or off-street parking facilities and off-street loading facilities, for which variance procedures are prescribed by Chapter 18.132 of this title. (Prior code§ 2-11.07) 18.124.070 Findings. The city planning commission shall make the following findings before granting a use permit: A. That the proposed location of the conditional use is in accordance with the objectives of this chapter and the pur- poses of the district in which the site is located; B. That the proposed location of the conditional use and the conditions under which it would be operated or main- tained will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, or materially injurious to the properties or improvements in the vicinity; C. That the proposed conditional use will comply with each of the applicable provisions of this chapter. (Prior code § 2-11.08) 18.124.080 Effective date of use permit. Within 10 days following the date of a decision of the planning commission on a use permit application, the secretary shall transmit written notice of the decision to the city council and to the applicant. A use permit shall become effective 15 days following the date on which the use permit was granted or on the day following the next meeting of the coun- cil, whichever is later, unless an appeal has been taken to the council, or unless the council shall elect to review the decision of the commission. A use permit shall become effective immediately after it is granted by the council. (Prior code §2-11.09) 18.124.090 Review or appeal. The city council may elect to review a decision of the planning commission as prescribed in Section 18.144.010 of this title, or a decision of the commission may be appealed to the city council by the applicant or by any other person as prescribed in Section 18.144.020 of this title. An appeal shall be heard and acted upon as prescribed in Sections 18.144.030 and 18.144.040 of this title. (Prior code §2-11.10) 18.124.100 Lapse of use permit. A. A use permit shall lapse and shall become void one year following the date on which the use permit became ef- fective, unless prior to the expiration of one year a building permit is issued and construction is commenced and dili- gently pursued toward completion on the site which was the subject of the use permit application, or a certificate of occupancy is issued for the structure which was the subject of the use permit application, or the site is occupied if no building permit or certificate of occupancy is required, or the applicant or his or her successor has filed a request for extension with the zoning administrator pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.12.030. B. A use permit shall lapse and become void if the use is abandoned or discontinued for a continuous period of one year or more. Abandonment or discontinuance shall include cessation of a use regardless of intent to resume the use. Indicia of abandonment or discontinuance may include,but not be limited to,lack of business license,no utility service, etc. (Ord.2120 § 1,2015;prior code §2-1 I.l 1) 77