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there is a shortage of available space zoned for such uses, and substantial <br /> residential development has already been approved, provided that conditions of <br /> 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 not apply to the construction of infrastructure <br /> such as water tanks, roads, sewage treatment plants, or other project elements that do <br /> not generate substantial traffic. <br /> (j) 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, <br /> except as stated in subsection (h). <br /> (1) In order to determine whether a [rezoning]zoning amendment application meets the <br /> TIAR threshold of fifty or more peak hour trips, and to prevent applicants from <br /> going below the TIAR threshold by dividing a project into segments, the director <br /> shall review all development proposed on the same or adjacent properties, and shall <br /> include traffic that may be generated by any development application approved after <br /> the effective date of this ordinance, or by any other pending development <br /> application, if it is on a portion of the same lot or tax map key parcel, or an adjoining <br /> lot or tax map key parcel, or in the immediate vicinity of the development. <br /> (m) A [change of zonejzoning amendment application shall not be granted unless: (1) the <br /> department of water supply has determined that it can meet the water requirements <br /> of the project and issue water commitments using its existing system; or (2) specific <br /> improvements to the existing public water system, or a private water system <br /> equivalent to the requirements of the department of water supply will be provided to <br /> meet the water needs of the project and conditions of zoning delay occupancy until <br /> the necessary improvements are actually constructed. <br /> (n) To facilitate the development of village centers in rural areas that are not currently <br /> served by a public water system, the council may waive the water supply <br /> requirements for [rezoning]zoning amendments for commercial or light industrial <br /> uses in areas that do not currently have a public water system, and where the <br /> department of water supply has no plans to build a public water system, and which <br /> are (1) designated as an "urban and rural center" or "industrial area" on table 14 -5 of <br /> the general plan and (2) designated for urban use on the land use pattern allocation <br /> guide map of the general plan; provided that conditions of zoning shall require water <br /> supply consistent with public health and safety needs such as sanitation and fire- <br /> fighting. <br /> (o) A zoning amendment application or an application for an extension of time to <br /> perform a condition of zoning amendment shall not be granted for projects <br /> proposing: <br /> (1) Twenty -five or more residential units; or <br /> (2) Commercial space, industrial space, or a combination of commercial and <br /> industrial space equal to or greater than thirty thousand square feet of gross <br /> floor area; or <br /> (3) Any combination of residential units, commercial space and industrial space <br /> equal to or greater than thirty -five thousand square feet of gross floor area; <br /> unless existing civil defense sirens, as determined by the State Civil Defense, <br /> are available to provide adequate warning coverage across the entire project <br /> 4 <br />