23.80.010

The Director may, as a Type I decision, determine that a facility not otherwise listed in the definition of an essential public facility in Section 23.84A.010 is an essential public facility if: A. The facility provides or is necessary to provide a public service; and B. Any of the following conditions exist: 1. The public facility needs a specific type of site of such a size, location, or availability of public services for which there are few choices; 2. The public facility needs to be located near another public facility or is an expansion of an essential public facility at an existing location; 3. The public facility has significant adverse impacts that make it difficult to site; 4. Use of the normal development review process would effectively preclude the siting of an essential public facility; or 5. Development regulations require the proposed facility to use an essential public facility siting process. (Ord. 127376 , § 73, 2025.)