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• DeVelbp-criteriafor land use decisions by Planning Commission .and City Council. VV46n reviewing special uses and.rezoning applications; impacts on `the-fpllow.ing should be reviewed and measured: • Adjacent -Uses Air and Water Quality • Traffic Generation ■ Public Safety and Health Area .Aesthetics 4. Economic Impact.on Area The following criteria for decisions should be included iri.the zordA ordinance. For Rezoning (zone district.map amendment): a. TheprQposed zoning shallbe.consistent with the Comprehensive. Land UsePlan adopted -by the City if existing. Amendments to the zone district inap should. be recommended. for approval only upon the.finding. by the Planning Commission that all of the .following conditions Odst: A mistake. has been made in the original zoning which was inconsistent with the comprehensive or Land Use Plan which should now be corrected along with the zoning or substantial changes have occurred in the community since the adoption of the comprehensive or Land Use Plan, which should result in the plan(s) and the zoning being amended. • There shall exist a clear public need for: a benefit. from additional zoning of the type proposed which shall be above and beyond any benefit or convenience to the. land Qym.. M. Beyond a public need. being evident, there shall:be a showing that the public interest wox4d:be best. served by rezoning the Property in question rather than other property iri the community. • 1n the case of down toning; which is the. changing of a zone distract from a higher or more intensive use to a.loker or less intensive use; the proposed zoning shall allow the:property owner a reasonable use of his property under the terms of this ordinance, as well as serve the public interest. Comprehensive Plan A-GEMLK9501.00 Gem Lake, Minnesota Page 36