21.44.100 Uses allowed.
A. Permitted Uses (and Accessory Uses As Determined by the Development and Business Services Director).
1. Residential Uses. All uses which are permitted in the RS-8 single-family residential zone are permitted.
2. Institutional Uses. The following uses are permitted, subject to the standards of this chapter:
b. Private or semiprivate memorial buildings;
c. Community clubhouses, convention centers, public golf courses, and accessory uses;
d. Art galleries, libraries, and museums;
e. Private and public schools, universities and colleges;
f. Child day care;
g. Public parks, playgrounds, and schools;
h. Municipal buildings, including fire stations, and performance arts facilities, as well as any accessory building, related to a municipal use;
i. Clubs or fraternal societies;
j. Transit center;
k. Park-and-ride lots; and
l. Existing wastewater treatment plant.
B. Conditional Uses.
1. All uses permitted through the issuance of a conditional use permit in the RS-8 zone, except as amended by this section;
2. Charitable, nonprofit or social service organizations other than those uses specifically allowed as a permitted use;
3. Medical facilities, including hospitals, convalescent homes and medical or dental clinics; and
4. Expansion or major alteration of an existing wastewater treatment plant.
C. Factors for Consideration for Proposed Conditional Uses. In considering any conditional use permit application, the hearing examiner shall consider all factors relevant to the public interest including, but not limited to:
1. Consistency of the proposal with the comprehensive plan and with the purpose of the P-1 zone as stated in LMC 21.44.050, especially discouraging activities of a commercial or industrial nature, whether public or private;
2. Impact of the proposal on the visual and aesthetic character of the neighborhood;
3. Impact of the proposal on the distribution, density or growth rate of the population in the neighborhood;
4. Orientation of facilities to developed or undeveloped residential areas;
5. Preservation of natural vegetation and other natural features;
6. Hours of operation;
7. Ability to provide adequate on-site parking;
8. Traffic impacts of the proposal on the neighborhood; and
9. Conformance of the proposal with the city noise ordinance, Chapter 10.12 LMC.
Whenever the proposed use involves occupying a partially or totally vacant school, the applicant must demonstrate that the proposed use will have no greater impacts than the use for which the facility was first designed.
D. Exemption from Conditional Use Permit Application Process. Some limited expansion of uses and structures of existing uses at the Lynnwood wastewater treatment plant may be approved for exemption from the conditional use permit process by the development and business services director if the proposed alteration meets the following criteria:
1. The alteration does not expand the treatment capacity of the plant.
2. The alteration does not result in a significant increase in noise, odor, traffic, or visual impact.
3. Any proposal to add accessory structures does not result in the addition of more than 500 square feet of building coverage. (Ord. 3415 § 25, 2022; Ord. 3399 § 2 (Exh. A), 2021; Ord. 3283 § 7, 2018; Ord. 3217 § 2, 2016; Ord. 3047 § 4, 2014; Ord. 2583 § 1, 2005; Ord. 2441 § 13, 2003; Ord. 2390 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2020 § 18, 1994; Ord. 1455 § 1, 1985; Ord. 1309 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1209 § 1, 1981; Ord. 470 § 2, 1969)