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ARTICLE 23. Determination As To Uses Not Listed. Sec. 23.100. Purpose and Initiation. In order to ensure that the zoning ordinance will permit all similar uses in each district, the City Planning Commission upon its own initiative or upon writte~ request shall determine whether a use not specifically listed as a permitted use or a con.ditional use in an A, O, C, or I district shall be deemed a permitted use or a condi- tional use in one or more districts on the basis of similarity to uses specificalIy lisited. The procedures of this article sba11 not be sub- stituted for the amendment procedure as a means of adding new uses to the lists of permitted uses and conditional uses, but shalI be followed to determine whether the characteristics oi a partcular use not listed are sufficiently similar to a Iisted use to justify a find- ing that the use should be deemed a permitted use or a conditional use in one or more districts. Sec. 23.101. Application. Application for determination that a specific use should be included as a permitted use or a conditional use in an A, 0, C, or I district shall be made in writing to the Zoning Administrator, and shall include a ~letailed description of the proposed use and such other information as may be required by the Zoning Administrator to fa- cilRate the determination. Sec. 23.102. Investigation and Report. The Zoning Administrator shall make such investigations of the application as he deems necessary to compare the nature and char- acterictics of the proposed use with those of the uses specifically listed in this ordinance, and shall prepare a report thereon which shaI1 be submitted to the City Planning Commission to aid the Com- mission in making its ~letermination of the classification of the pr( posed use. Sec. 23.103. Determination. The determination of the City Planning Commission shall be ren~ ered in writing within 60 days unless the applicant consents to a: extension of the time period, and shall include findings supportin the conclusion. Sec. 23. 104. Elffective Date of Dete~mination. Within ten days following the date o£ a decision o£ the City PIa~ ning Commission on a request for a determination as to a use no listed, the Secretary shall transmit to the City Council written notic, o£ the decision. The decision shall become effective 15 days £ollo4 lng the date on which the determination was made or on the da~ following the next meeting of the Council, whichever is later, u~ less an appeal has been taken to the Council, or unless the Councl shall elect to review the decision of the Commission. Sec. 23.105. Appeal to City Council. A decision of the City Planning Commission may be appealed t. the City Council by the applicant or any othec person as prescribe~ in Sec. 1.111, (Appeal to Hoard of Adjustment, City Planning Cor~ mission, or City Council). Sec. 23. 106. Determination by City Council. The determination of the City Council shall be rendered in writinl within 40 days unless the applicant consents to an exlension of th~ time peried, and shall include findings supporting the conclusion.