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(2) Specific improvements to the existing public firefighting facilities, or private firefighting facilities approved by the fire department will be provided to meet the public safety needs of the project and conditions of zoning. Only fire stations within a fifteen -mile radius of the proposed rezoning shall be counted when assessing the adequacy of existing facilities to meet the fire safety needs of the project. If it is determined that the fire safety requirements that will be created by the project cannot be met using existing facilities or staff, in lieu of providing specific improvements to existing public or private firefighting facilities the applicant may provide one or both of the following: contribution of firefighting equipment to the nearest existing fire safety facility to include but not be limited to fire vehicles and firefighting gear and supplies; or installation of fire hydrants and water lines in areas deemed appropriate by the fire chief and planning director. The planning director, with the approval of the council, shall determine the appropriate level of contribution of firefighting equipment or installation of fire hydrants and water lines, or both, to meet the concurrency requirements in lieu of the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection. The concurrency requirements of this subsection shall not be applicable for a rezoning that will create less than twenty additional lots, which shall instead be subject to the impact fee or `fair share system' to meet the fire safety needs created by the impact of the project. [e](q)Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of the council to impose reasonable roadway [ef] water, parks and recreational, and fire - fighting facility improvement requirements on changes of zone or to deny change of zone applications to the extent otherwise allowed by law." SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 4. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval. 5