17.50.090 Special district regulations.
A. Conditional uses in this zoning district are required to conform to the general district regulations unless the terms of the conditional use permit specify otherwise.
B. Approved conditional uses in this district shall conform to the following specific performance standards:
1. Conditional uses must minimize the impact on the natural environment and preserve, to the extent feasible and prudent, natural features. Specifically, to the extent feasible and prudent:
a. Conditional uses in upland habitats must retain natural vegetation coverage, natural drainage patterns, prevent excessive runoff and erosion, and maintain surface water quality and natural groundwater recharge areas; and
b. Conditional uses in estuaries, tideflats, and wetlands must maintain or assure water flow, natural circulation patterns, and adequate nutrient and oxygen levels.
Nothing in this provision shall require improvement to the natural condition existing prior to development.
2. Although a particular conditional use may constitute a minor change, the cumulative effect of numerous piecemeal changes can result in a major impairment of the environment. The particular site for which a conditional use application is made will be evaluated with the recognition that it may be part of a complete and interrelated environmental area. A conditional use shall be denied under this provision only if the weight of credible scientific evidence shows that the proposed conditional use, together with all other then-existing conditional uses in the area, will have a substantial adverse impact on the interrelated environmental area if such conditional uses are operating in accordance with all required state and federal rules and regulations. Consideration shall be given to the mitigating effect of not locating the conditional use in any other area and mitigation efforts, if any, which the proposed conditional user may offer for this or any other environmental areas. [Ord. FY2016-03 §2, 2015; Ord. 93-66 §2, 1993. Formerly §17.13.090].