10.30.020 Administrative adjustment of standards.
(a) Administrative adjustment of certain development standards may be authorized by Class 2 review to provide flexibility in the administration of this title. Class 3 review is required for administrative adjustments involving Class 3 uses. Administrative adjustment of sign standards, Chapter 10.38, is not authorized.
(b) A particular standard may be reduced or modified if the administrative official finds that the adjustment and/or reduction of the standard is consistent with:
(1) The intent and purposes of the specific zoning district and the particular standard being adjusted;
(2) Balancing the flexibility of the adjustment with the health, safety and general welfare of individual neighborhoods and the community;
(3) Coordinating development with adjacent land uses and the physical features of the site;
(4) Maintaining the minimum adjustment necessary to accommodate the proposed use; and
(5) The adjustment is of distinct and direct benefit to the adjoining property owners and the community at large.
(c) The administrative official may approve, modify, deny, or impose conditions of approval, as authorized in Chapter 10.06.040.
(d) The administrative official shall not have the authority through the administrative adjustment process to reduce the requirements for:
(1) Minimum lot size;
(2) Increase the height of buildings or structures, as limited in Chapter 10.08;
(3) Increase the number or size of signs;
(4) Manufactured home parks, as set forth in Chapter 10.26;
(5) Home occupations, as set forth in Chapter 10.28, Table 10.28A and Appendix A;
(6) The requirements set forth in other titles of the Selah Municipal Code.
(e) Where specific procedures and criteria are provided elsewhere in this title for reducing or modifying the requirements of this title, the administrative official shall not accept an adjustment application for processing. (Ord. 1634, § 117, 2004.)