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• <br /> : , •. <br /> Ordinance requires Findings <br /> : <br /> a) The use will not promote the a) There have been no <br /> public health, safety and general ings that the proiect,;Woul <br /> welfare, if located where proposed not promote the. IiiabiialTe.a <br /> and developed according to the plan safety, and welfare4:777„:: <br /> as submitted; <br /> • . <br /> • ' <br /> b) The use wilL.ndrtmaintain or b) No evidence was -preseni <br /> enhance the value of contiguous to the Planning Department <br /> property (unless.. the use is a to show that it wiIi'not : <br /> • <br /> public necessity, in which case enhance or maintaimpropel <br /> the use need not maintain or en-4 values of contiguous <br /> hance the valuedf 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 Residential area as ident-1 ' <br /> in the Land Use Plan. The applicant has requested that the I. <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 /> ---===frietit-:--aitd-'-litri-ctr-wcarl-cr-rrot--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 /> - 1 <br /> GOAL FIVE: The management of growth so that it is directed to areas <br /> where growth is desireable and can be accomodated. <br /> 5.1 Utilize the following locational criteria to designate the mo <br /> appropriate location for the various Land Use Plan Categories <br /> natural environment constraints (land slope, hydrology, flora <br /> and fauna, soil conditions); availability of public services <br /> and utilities; transportation system access and capacity; im- <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 /> . . . <br /> • - <br />