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an application form provided by the city's Community Development Department. The application shall include a detailed explanation of why the accommodation is reasonably necessary to make the specific housing available to the person(s), including information establishing that the applicant is disabled under applicable laws, as well as other information required by the Community Development Department to make the determination. If the project for which the request is being made also requires an additional building or land use review or approval, the applicant shall file the request concurrently with the land use review. D. Community Development Department, required findings. The Community Development Department, in consultation with other appropriate city staff, shall have the authority to consider and act on requests for reasonable accommodation. The Community Development Department shall issue a written decision in which the request is approved, approved subject to conditions, or denied. In making the decision as to whether an accommodation is reasonable, the following factors shall be considered: 1. Special need created by the disability; 2. Potential benefit that can be accomplished by the requested accommodation; 3. Need for the requested accommodation, including alternatives that may provide an equivalent level of benefit; 4. Physical attributes of and any proposed changes to the subject property and structures; 5. Potential impact on surrounding uses; 6. Whether the requested accommodation would constitute a fundamental alteration of the zoning regulations,policies, or procedures of the city, and/or nature of the area in which the accommodation is being requested; 7. Whether the requested accommodation would impose an undue financial or administrative burden on the city; 8. Whether the requested accommodation is likely to have any negative impacts on the health, safety, or general welfare of members of the community, and 9. Any other factor that may be determined to have a bearing on the request. Any approval issued under this section may include such reasonable conditions that the Community Development Department deems necessary to mitigate any adverse impacts that the granting of such reasonable accommodation may produce or amplify.