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§18.36.040 Conditional uses.
<br />The following conditional uses shall be permitted in the RM districts upon the granting of a use
<br />permit, in accord with the provisions of Chapter 18.124 of this title:
<br />A. Charitable institutions.
<br />B. Churches, convents, monasteries, parish houses, parsonages and other religious institutions.
<br />C. Golf courses.
<br />D. Hospitals and sanitariums, not including hospitals and sanitariums for mental, drug addict or
<br />liquor addict cases.
<br />E. Lodging houses.
<br />F. In the RM-1,500 district only, motels.
<br />G. Nursery schools.
<br />H. Private recreation parks and swim clubs.
<br />I. Private schools, tutorial schools, and colleges, not including art, craft, music, dancing,
<br />business, professional or trade schools or colleges.
<br />J. Private noncommercial clubs and lodges, not including hiring halls.
<br />K. Public utility and public service facilities including pumping stations, power transmission
<br />stations, power distribution stations, equipment buildings, service yards, drainageways and
<br />structures, water reservoirs, percolation basins, well fields, and storage tanks. These facilities
<br />must be found by the planning commission to be necessary for the public health, safety, or
<br />welfare.
<br />L. Trailer parks in accord with the regulations prescribed in Chapter 18.108 of this title.
<br />M. Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditional use and the
<br />following accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use or a
<br />conditional use that has been granted a use permit:
<br />1. Small electricity generator facilities located on the same site as multi-family dwellings,
<br />a charitable institution, religious institution, golf course, hospital, sanitarium, lodging house,
<br />motel, nursery school, nursing home, senior care/assisted living facility, private recreation park,
<br />private swim club, private school, private noncommercial club, or public facility and that meet
<br />the following criteria:
<br />a. The fuel source for the generators shall be natural gas, biodiesel, or the
<br />byproduct of an approved cogeneration or combined cycle facility;
<br />b. The facilities shall use the best available control technology to reduce air
<br />pollution;
<br />c. The facilities shall not create any objectionable odors at any point outside of
<br />the property plane where the facilities are located;
<br />d. The facilities shall not exceed a noise level of 45 dBA at any point on any
<br />residentially zoned property outside of the property plane where the facilities are located;
<br />e. On a site with fuel cell facilities, small electricity generator facilities shall not be
<br />permitted unless the aggregate wattage of the two facilities is less than one megawatt. If
<br />the aggregate wattage of the two facilities is one megawatt or greater, the small
<br />electricity generator facilities shall be subject to all requirements and processes
<br />prescribed in this title for medium or large electricity generator facilities, whichever is the
<br />most applicable, in the subject zoning district; and
<br />f. The facilities shall be cogeneration or combined cycle facilities, if feasible;
<br />2. Small fuel cell facilities that meet the following criteria:
<br />a. The facilities shall not create any objectionable odors at any point outside of
<br />the property plane where the facilities are located;
<br />b. The fuel cell facilities shall not exceed a noise level of 45 dBA at any point on
<br />any residentially zoned property outside of the property plane where the facilities are
<br />located; and
<br />c. On a site with electricity generator facilities, small fuel cell facilities shall not be
<br />permitted unless the aggregate wattage of the two facilities is less than one megawatt. If
<br />the aggregate wattage of the two facilities is one megawatt or greater, the small fuel cell
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