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substantially benefits the general Rublic and was not necessaryprimarily for the benefit of the <br /> project. In general, roads that are necessarv for access within a development or turn lanes for a <br /> private protect shall not qualify for fair share credit. <br /> (h) The following types of rezoning applications are not required to perform area miti atg ion: <br /> (1) Residential or other rezonings where the applicant commits, and the conditions of zoning <br /> require, that the Rroject earn at least three times the number of affordable housin credits <br /> otherwise required under Chapter 11, County affordable housing_policv. <br /> (2) Rezoning to CV, CN, MCX, PD, or ML where the council determines that the proiect will <br /> reduce regional traffic congestion by providing necessarv commercial or light industrial <br /> opportunities to serve an area where there is a shortage of available space zoned for such <br /> uses, and substantial residential development has already been approved, provided that <br /> conditions of zoning shall ensure that any commercial development be of a scale consistent <br /> with the standards of a "neighborhood center" as described in the General Plan. <br /> (i) The restrictions on occupancy shall no! apply to the construction of infrastructure such as <br /> <br /> water tanks, roads, sewage treatment plants, or other proiect elements that do not generate <br /> substantial traffic. <br /> (i) The council may designate critical road areas by ordinance. <br /> (k) In a critical road area, all rezonings shall be subject to local and area mitigation, except <br /> as <br /> stated in subsection (h). <br /> (1) In order to determine whether a rezoning application meets the TIAR threshold of 50 or more <br /> <br /> peak hour trips, and to prevent applicants from going below the TIAR threshold by dividing_a <br /> proiect into segments, the director shall review all development proposed on the same or <br /> adjacent properties, and shall include traffic that may be generated by any development <br /> <br /> application approved after the effective date of this ordinance, or by any other pending <br /> <br /> develoRment application, if it is on a portion of the same lot or tax map keyparcel, or an <br /> <br /> adjoining lot or tax map key parcel, or in the immediate vicinity of the development. <br /> (m) A change of zone application shall not be granted unless: (1) the department of water supply <br /> <br /> has determined that it can meet the water requirements of the proiect and issue water <br /> <br /> commitments using its existing system; or (2Zspecific improvements to the existing public water <br /> <br /> system, or a private water system equivalent to the requirements of the department of water <br /> supply will be provided by the developer to meet the water needs of the proiect and conditions of <br /> <br /> zoning delay occupancy until the necessarv improvements are actually constructed. <br /> <br /> (n) To facilitate the development of village centers in rural areas that are not currently served by <br /> a public water system, the council may waive the water supply requirements for rezonings for <br /> commercial or light industrial uses in areas that do not currentlyhave a public water system, and <br /> where the department of water supply has no plans to build a public water stem, and which are <br /> (1) designated as an "urban and rural center" or "industrial area" on Table 14-5 of the General <br /> 4 <br /> <br />