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35 <br /> Revisions to Article 8 - Special Uses <br /> 8 .2. 1 Before any application for a Special Use shall be <br /> approved: <br /> a) The applicant shall have the burden of <br /> establishing, by competent material and substantial <br /> evidence, the existence of the facts and conditions <br /> which this ordinance requires for approval; and <br /> b) The Board shall make written findings certifying <br /> compliance with the specific rules governing such <br /> individual Special Use and that the use, which is <br /> listed as a Special Use in the district in which it <br /> is proposed to be located, complies with all <br /> required regulations and standards including the <br /> following general conditions : <br /> Amended ( 1) The use will maintain or promote the public <br /> 1/8/90 health, safety and general welfare, if located <br /> where proposed and developed and operated <br /> according to the plan as submitted; <br /> ( 2 ) The use will maintain or enhance the value of <br /> contiguous property (unless the use is a <br /> public necessity, in which case the use need <br /> not maintain or enhance the value of <br /> contiguous property) ; <br /> a�:c6rding t� the plan submitted f <br /> is C booateci and the use is iri"compl' ance <br /> with` t2 e. general "*- pYan for the physical <br /> development of the County as embodied in these <br /> regulations or in the Comprehensive Plan, or <br /> portion thereof, adopted by the Board of <br /> County Commissioners ; <br /> and including all applicable provisions of Articles <br /> 4, 5, 6 , 7, .9 , 10 and 12 of this Ordinance, unless <br /> greater or different regulations are contained in <br /> the individual standards for the specific Special <br /> Use. It shall be the responsibility of the <br /> applicant to present evidence in the form of <br /> testimony, exhibits, documents, models, plans and <br /> the like to support the application for approval of <br /> a Special Use. <br /> 8.2.2 Where the Board finds a--pre der-anee—ef evidence to <br /> zndleate compliance with the general standards, specific <br /> rules governing the specific use and that the use <br />