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a) The use will not promote the public a) The Planning Board finds that <br /> health, safety and general welfare, if there is a perponderence of evidence <br /> located where proposed and developed to indicate compliance with the gen- <br /> according to the plan as submitted; eral standards and specific rules <br /> governing the Special Use and that <br /> the use complies generally with re- <br /> quired regulations. The following <br /> imposed conditions are to be con- <br /> sidered a part of the general stan- <br /> dards and specific rules for this <br /> request. <br /> b) The use will not maintain or en- b) No evidence was presented to the <br /> hence the value of contiguous property Planning Board to show that it will <br /> (unless the use is a public necessity, not enhance or maintain property <br /> in which case the use need not main- values of contiguous property. <br /> tain or enhance the value of contiguous <br /> property); <br /> c) The use is not in compliance with c) This project is appropriately lo- <br /> the general plans for the physical devel- cated in the Ten Year Transition Area <br /> opment of the county as embodied in these around Hillsborough as identified in <br /> regulations or in the comprehensive Plan, the Land Use Plan'. The site has cen- <br /> or =t;n400==n:crIczted by the Board tralized public sewer and water service <br /> of available. This project adds to the <br /> diversity and quantity of housing <br /> available near Hillsborough. <br /> The project is in substantial compli- <br /> ance with the following goals set <br /> forth in the Land Use Plan, including: <br /> 5.3 Direct intensive land uses to <br /> existing urban areas and areas de- <br /> signated Transition Areas and away <br /> from areas suitable for continued <br /> agricultural uses and protected as <br /> water supply watersheds. <br /> 5.5 Designate land in areas chang- <br /> ing from rural to urban in charac- <br /> ter which could reasonably be devel- <br /> oped to accoinodate urban-type den- <br /> sities, but are currently not com- <br /> pletely served by urban systems such <br /> as water and sewer lines as Tran- <br /> sition Areas. These areas will be <br /> further classified into 10-20 Year <br /> Transition Areas to reflect the most <br /> appropriate sequence of development <br /> as this area changes from rural to <br /> urban and services are extended. <br /> 22 <br />