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Sec. 16-3-105. Standards for Rezoning <br /> (a) Generally.The City Council may approve an application for rezoning if it finds that: <br /> (1) The policy set out in Subsection(b),below,is implemented; <br /> (2) The standards set out in Subsection (c),below,are met,a-ad <br /> (3) One or more of the alternatives set out in Subsection (d),below,are met-.Lan <br /> (4) The requirement of Subsection(e),below.has been satisfied,if and to the <br /> extent applicable. <br /> (b) Historic Resource Protection and Hazard Mitigation. <br /> (1) It is the policy of the City not to rezone land in a manner that would tend to create or <br /> facilitate the creation of development rights or entitlements that would either: <br /> A. Reduce the level of protection for significant historical resources that exist <br /> on the Subject Property; or <br /> B. Expose additional people or personal property to unmitigated natural or <br /> man-made hazards that are present on the Subject Property. <br /> (2) This policy may be waived upon a finding by the City Council that: <br /> A. Alternative means have been implemented(or will be implemented as a <br /> condition of development approval)to achieve a comparable or better level <br /> of historic resource protection or hazard mitigation;or <br /> B. The policy is outweighed by a substantial community interest that is served <br /> by approval of the rezoning. <br /> (c) Compatibility and Public Benefits.All applications for rezoning shall meet all of the following <br /> standards: <br /> (1) The proposed zone is in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan's future land <br /> use map; <br /> (2) The proposed zone will provide a benefit(or degree of benefit)to the community or <br /> immediate area that cannot be provided in the existing zone,and which is sufficient <br /> to offset potential adverse impacts of the proposed zone,if any; <br /> (3) If the proposed zone is an"IND"zone,its boundaries are such that it has no negative <br /> impact on character,integrity,or use of the Historic District; and <br /> (4) Public facilities are addressed in at least one of the following ways: <br /> A. Adequate public facilities are available to serve development in the <br /> proposed zone; or <br /> E <br /> B. The proposed zone would limit demands upon public facilities more than <br /> the existing zone; or <br /> 4 <br />