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11/85 165 <br /> 2/86 <br /> 4/23/86 <br /> 4/25/86 <br /> 5/20/86 <br /> ARTICLE 8. SPECIAL USES <br /> 8. 1 Intent <br /> It is the intention of the Board of County Commissioners to <br /> create, and from time to time amend, a Iist of Special Uses <br /> within Article 4 Section 4.3, Permitted Use Table which, because <br /> of their inherent nature, extent and external effects, require <br /> special care in the control of their location and methods of <br /> operation. The Board of County Commissioners is aware of its <br /> responsibility to protect the public health, safety and general <br /> welfare and believes that certain uses which now or in the future <br /> may be included on this list are appropriately handled as Special <br /> Uses, subject to review in relation to general and specific <br /> requirements, rather than as uses permitted by right. <br /> In addition to the listing of such uses, the Board of County <br /> Commissioners intends that the general standards, established in <br /> Section 8.2. 1 and the more specific requirements in 8.2 .2, <br /> established below shall be used by the Board of Adjustment, the <br /> Planning Board and the Board of County Commissioners, as <br /> appropriate, to direct deliberations upon applications for the <br /> approval of Special Uses. It is the express intent of the Board <br /> of County Commissioners to delineate the areas of concern <br /> connected with each Special Use and to provide standards by which <br /> applications for such Special Use shall be evaluated. <br /> 8 .2 GeperaJ Standards <br /> 8.2. 1 Before any application for a Special Use shall be approved: <br /> a) The applicant shall have the burden of establishing, by <br /> competent material and substantial evidence, the existence <br /> of the facts and conditions which this ordinance requires <br /> 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 listed <br /> as a Special Use in the district in which it is proposed <br /> to be located, complies with all required regulations and <br /> standards including the following general conditions: <br /> ( 1 ) The use will promote the public health, safety and <br /> general welfare: if located where proposed and <br /> developed and operated according to the plan as <br /> submittted; <br />