(A) Approval or disapproval of a request for an individual zoning map amendment or floating zone reclassification shall be determined through review of several criteria. The Planning Commission and County Council review will include, but not be limited to:
(1) Consistency with the comprehensive plan;
(2) Availability of current and planned public facilities;
(3) Adequacy of existing and planned future transportation systems;
(4) Compatibility with existing and proposed development;
(5) Population change, including availability and location of land zoned to meet the ten-year need for residential development;
(6) The timing of development, planned future transportation systems and planned public facilities;
(7) Sensitive environmental resources have been identified and impacts to these resources are avoided or minimized to the maximum extent practicable; and
(8) Historic resources have been identified and impacts to these resources are avoided or minimized to the maximum extent practicable.
(B) In addition to the criteria above, approval or disapproval of a request for an individual zoning map amendment shall be granted only where a finding has been made that there was:
(1) A substantial change in the character of the neighborhood where the property is located; or
(2) A mistake in the existing zoning classification.
(Ord. 98-23-225, 11-10-1999; Ord. 08-26-502, 10-14-2008; Ord. 09-27-531, 11-3-2009; Ord. 14-23-678, 11-13-2014; Bill No. 20-07, 8-4-2020)