Division VI. Permits and Code Changes

Chapter 25.130
ACCESSORY USE

Sections:

25.130.010    Purpose.

25.130.020    Procedure.

25.130.030    Decisional criteria.

25.130.010 Purpose.

An accessory use permit is a mechanism by which the city may permit a use that is incidental and/or secondary to a use that is permitted on a subject property. (Ord. 02-707 § 1)

25.130.020 Procedure.

Accessory uses shall be processed with a Type I procedure as set forth in DMC 25.175.010. (Ord. 02-707 § 1)

25.130.030 Decisional criteria.

(1) All of the following decisional criteria must be met in order for the application to be approved:

(a) The use is not the sole use on the subject property;

(b) The use does not constitute more than 25 percent of the floor area of the principal building to which it is accessory;

(c) The use does not increase traffic generation to or from the subject property beyond that projected by the ITE Trip Generation Manual, current edition, of any other similarly sized use permitted in the district; and

(d) The use complies with the land use code requirements of the district in which the property is located.

(2) Conditions of Approval. The city may condition the application in order to insure conformance with provisions of the above decisional criteria. (Ord. 02-707 § 1)