Boonville Special uses are permitted in the various districts under the conditions set out in this section ordinance (Appendix C, Section 2.9)

(a) Special uses permitted are:

(1) Any public buildings erected, operated and used by a department of the City, County, State and federal government.

(2) Airports and landing fields.

(3) Cemeteries, including mausoleums; provided that mausoleums shall be distant at least 200 feet from every street line and adjoining lot lines, and provided further that any new cemetery shall contain an area of 20 acres or more.

(4) College or University.

(5) Hospitals, nursing homes, and institutions of an educational, religious, charitable, or philanthropic nature; provided, however, that such buildings shall not be located upon sites containing an area of less than five acres, may occupy not over ten per cent of the total area of the lot and that the building shall be set back from all yard lines a distance of not less than two feet for each foot of building height, but in no case shall the building be closer than 30 feet to any property line.

(6) Commercial nurseries and greenhouses, provided that any such structures shall be not less than 50 feet from all residential property lines.

(7) [Repealed by § 2, Ordinance 2085, (10-5- 70)]

(8) Nursery, prekindergarten, kindergarten and other private or special schools where the site area is three acres plus one acre for each 100 pupils or part thereof enrolled in the school.

(9) Private clubs not carried on as a business.

(10) Advertising signs—Billboards and poster panels.

(b) Before any change of use of the premises existing at the time of the effective date of the regulations or permitted as herein provided is made, preliminary plans in sufficient detail and a statement as to the proposed use of the buildings, structures, and premises shall be submitted to the Planning Commission. The Commission shall hold a public hearing and shall review such plans and statements and shall, after a careful study thereof, and the effect that such buildings, structures, or uses will have upon the surrounding territory, submit a recommendation to the City Council within 30 days following said hearing. Following receipt of the Commission's report, the City Council may, with the specifications herein provided, permit such buildings, structures, or uses where requested, provided that the public health, safety, morals and general welfare will not be adversely affected, that ample off-street parking facilities will be provided, and that necessary safeguards will be provided for the protection of surrounding property.