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27.59.030 SPECIAL USES.

The following uses may also be permitted if their site locations and proposed development plans are first approved as provided in Chapters 27.06 through 27.12, 27.62, 27.74 and 27.80:

(a) Hotels;

(b) Boatworks and related activities;

(c) Restaurants;

(d) Specialty retail shops in association with water-related uses;

(e) Radio and television transmission towers;

(f) Private recreation facilities;

(g) Public harbors, including construction and maintenance of wharves, docks, piers and other structures or utilities necessary for the promotion or accommodation of water-related commerce, navigation and fisheries;

(h) Public facilities, including but not limited to, transmission lines, sanitary and storm sewer installations, treatment plants, and pumping stations, streets, and water distribution systems;

(i) The following uses, on properties designated as Regional/Community Commercial on the General Plan Land Use Map:

(1) Mini-warehouse facilities;

(2) Light industrial uses, as determined by the Zoning Administrator;

(3) Ancillary office uses in conjunction with the uses allowed in this chapter.

(j) Such other uses, including specific uses designated in the Shoreline Park Plan of the City, which are demonstrated to be both consistent and compatible with the Bay environment and the general area in which the uses are proposed, taking into consideration, where appropriate, a site which is particularly suited for a use by virtue of its location.