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, • <br /> 43€ • <br /> 7G9 <br /> Pg.10 <br /> Ordinance requires: Findings <br /> a) The use will not promote the a) There have been no finc <br /> public health, safety and general ings that the pro CL woul <br /> welfare, if located where proposed not promote the puhlic -hew <br /> and developed according to the plan safety, and welfare. <br /> as submitted; <br /> b) The use will ,nOtmaintain or b) No evidence was present <br /> enhance the value of contiguous to the Plann-ing Department <br /> property (unless the use is a to show that it will not <br /> public necessity, in which case enhance or maintain propel <br /> the use need not maintain or en- values of contiguous <br /> hence the value of contiguous property. <br /> property) <br /> c) The use is not in compliance <br /> with the general plans for the <br /> physical development of the county <br /> as embodied in these regulations <br /> or in the Comprehensive Plan, or <br /> portion thereof, adopted by the <br /> Board of County Commissioners, <br /> This project is located in the Rural Tze:sidential area as identified <br /> in the Land Use Plan. The applicant has requested that the Land <br /> Use Plan for this area be amended to Twenty Year Transition. <br /> The intent of the Land Use Plan for these two plan categories is as <br /> follows: <br /> RURAL RESIDENTIAL. Land in the rural areas of the County which is <br /> appropriate for low intensity and low-density residential develop- <br /> ment and which would not be dependent on urban services during the <br /> plan period, <br /> TWENTY YEAR TRANSITION AREA. Land located in areas that are in <br /> the process of changing from rural to urban, that are suitable <br /> for urban type densities and should be provided with public utilities <br /> and services within the second 10-year phase of the Plan. <br /> The following policies in the Land Use Plan apply to the proposed <br /> change in land use: <br /> COAL FIVE: The management of growth so t- .t it is directed to areas <br /> where growth is desireable and can be accodated. <br /> 5,1 Utiliv,e the following locational criteria to designate the most <br /> appropriate location for the various Land Use Plan Categories : <br /> natural environment constraints (land slope, hydrology, flore. <br /> and fauna, soil conditions) ; availability of public services <br /> and utilities; transportation system access and capacity; in- <br /> pact on energy resources; existing land uses; presence of pro- <br /> ductive agricultural. or forested land; appropriate population <br /> densities; and the presence of historic or cultural features. <br /> „ .. <br />