§ 331-115. Special permit uses in the PWD Districts.

All uses in the PWD-3, PWD-5, and PWD-8 Districts shall be subject to the following conditions:

A. 

Any proposed hotel, inn, or residential special permit use shall be adequately screened, buffered and soundproofed from any existing nearby or adjacent manufacturing use or other use that is potentially incompatible. The City Council may also impose other reasonable conditions in the granting of the special permit, in addition to the following conditions:

(1) 

Special permit uses shall demonstrate that no active water-dependent use will be displaced by the proposed special permit use and that the proposed special permit use will complement and be compatible with any existing water-dependent use.

(2) 

Special permit uses shall demonstrate that the traffic impacts resulting from such proposed use will not deteriorate existing traffic flow conditions on streets that might be impacted or create traffic safety problems, either of which cannot be satisfactorily mitigated.

(3) 

Special permit uses shall provide an attractive waterfront yard area and, whenever possible, physical access to the waterfront.

(4) 

Special permit uses on sites adjacent to public rights-of-way shall provide water views from said public rights-of-way, if such views prove feasible and meaningful, in the site planning associated with future proposals.

(5) 

Existing uses which are allowed by special permit in the new zoning district shall be as-of-right uses only for the site on which the uses are currently situated. Expansion of these uses shall be subject to the dimensional regulations of the new zoning district and shall be treated as an expansion of a special permit use.

(6) 

All special permit non-water-dependent buildings and uses shall be subject to waterfront design guidelines, which shall encourage nautical building design decoration, water orientation and views, salt-water-tolerant vegetation, lighting, and screening.