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Polices The county shall encourage the school board to locate schools near urban residential <br />areas. The county will do this by allowing schools within all residential zoning districts; by <br />coordinating with the school board to establish a process for preliminary county review of school <br />sites before the school board acquires or leases property for a new school; and by limiting school <br />sites within agriculturally designated areas to mixed use projects, traditional neighborhood <br />design projects, and sites that are contiguous to the urban service area boundary. <br />Policy 1.42: To the extent feasible, the county shall collocate public facilities, such as parks, <br />libraries, and community centers, with schools. <br />Polices The Board of County Commissioners shall rezone land only in a manner that is <br />consistent with Future Land Use Element Table 2.14. Furthermore, the Board recognizes that <br />not every zoning district allowed in a land use designation is appropriate for every site within <br />that land use designation. For any parcel, the Board of County Commissioners may deny a <br />rezoning request (even when the requested zoning district is consistent with the parcel's land use <br />designation) if the denial serves a legitimate public purpose. A Board of County <br />Commissioners' determination that the requested zoning district is not appropriate for the parcel <br />may also be based upon the absence of the following locational criteria: <br />1. For the OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential zoning district: <br />• adjacent to existing office uses <br />• as a buffer between residential zoning districts and arterial roads or other <br />commercial zoning districts. <br />• at node perimeters <br />2. For the MED, Medical zoning district: <br />• within commercial/industrial nodes containing hospitals and major medical <br />facilities <br />• separated from industrial areas <br />3. For the CL, Limited Commercial zoning district: <br />• areas that are easily accessed from residential areas <br />• between residential areas and general commercial areas or major roadways <br />• separated from industrial areas <br />• at node perimeters <br />4. For the CG, General Commercial zoning district: <br />• along arterial roads and major intersections <br />• separated from residential development <br />• separated from industrial areas <br />• near retail and office areas <br />5. For the CH, Heavy Commercial zoning district: <br />• along arterial roads <br />• along railroad tracks <br />• between general commercial and industrial areas <br />• separated from residential development <br />Future Land Use Element 149 <br />