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Policy 1.41: The Board of County Commissioners shall rezone land only in a manner that is consistent with Future Land Use Element Table 2.13. Furthermore, the Board recognizes that not every zoning district allowed in a land use designation is appropriate for every site within that land use designation. For any parcel, the Board of County Commissioners may deny a rezoning request (even when the requested zoning district is consistent with the parcel's land use designation) if the denial serves a legitimate public purpose. A Board of County Commissioners' determination that the requested zoning district is not appropriate for the parcel may also be based upon the absence of the following locational criteria: 1. For the OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential zoning district: • adjacent to existing office uses • as a buffer between residential zoning districts and arterial roads or other commercial zoning districts. • at node perimeters 2. For the MED, Medical zoning district: • within commercial/industrial nodes containing hospitals and major medical facilities • separated from industrial areas 3. For the CL, Limited Commercial zoning district: • areas that are easily accessed from residential areas • between residential areas and general commercial areas or major roadways • separated from industrial areas • at node perimeters 4. For the CG, General Commercial zoning district: • along arterial roads and major intersections • separated from residential development • separated from industrial areas • near retail and office areas 5. For the CH, Heavy Commercial zoning district: • along arterial roads • along railroad tracks • between general commercial and industrial areas • separated from residential development 6. For the IL, Light Industrial zoning district: • along arterial roads • along railroad tracks • near industrial areas • separated from residential development • separated from retail and office areas 7. For the IG, General Industrial zoning district: • along arterial roads and major intersections • along railroad tracks • near industrial areas • separated from residential development • separated from retail and office areas 8. For single-family zoning districts: • adjacent to other single-family areas • separated from major commercial areas and industrial areas 9. For multiple -family zoning districts: • adjacent to other multiple -family areas • adjacent to employment centers • along arterial and collector roads, particularly to buffer single-family areas • adjacent to commercial uses, particularly to buffer single-family areas • not abutting single-family areas on all sides Additionally, the Board hereby adopts the following general criteria regarding the location of residential zoning districts: 10. Where medium density residential lands abut low density residential land, the medium density land may be zoned an intermediate density. 11. Residentially designated land that is located between higher density and lower density zoned areas may be zoned an intermediate density even when the intermediate zoned area has a land use designation that allows a higher density.