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27.18.030 SPECIAL USES.

The following uses may also be allowed if a special use permit is approved:

(a) Detached accessory structures, other than accessory dwelling units, containing more than two (2) plumbing fixtures or waste lines;

(b) Swimming pools, hot tubs and spas located in required front yard or street side yard;

(c) Cemeteries, mausoleums, and columbaria, subject to the provisions of the Section 27.18.120;

(d) Churches, convents, parish houses, and monasteries, including as a permitted accessory use emergency shelters subject to the requirements in a residential zone;

(e) Community services including but not limited to libraries, parks, playgrounds, and community centers;

(f) Group homes that provide licensed services to seven (7) or more residents without disabilities, in addition to the caregiver's family, subject to the objective development standards that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone. Certain licensed group homes shall be subject to separation requirements pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1267.9;

(g) Public and private educational facilities;

(h) Day care centers when located within a public or quasi-public structure such as a school, recreation center, church, temple or similar facility;

(i) Philanthropic and eleemosynary uses;

(j) Public utility facilities; and

(k) Temporary real estate sales offices for a period not to exceed the duration of the construction and sale of homes within the subdivision wherein the sales office is to be located.