Prior to the approval of an Overlay District rezoning, the findings required in Article 1309 and as follows shall be made by the City Council:
(a) The proposed Overlay District overlay district is necessary to promote the efficient use of land, safeguard the natural and built environment, obtain high-quality public amenities, and/or achieve creative and imaginative design superior to that which would be attainable under conventional zoning district regulations.
(b) If the Overlay District will modify the allowable uses or development regulations in any base zone district, the following findings shall be made:
(1) That the change to permitted or conditionally permitted uses is necessary to achieve specific objectives to the Overlay District Development Plan, and that the revision does not have the effect of restricting locally undesirable land uses within the project.
(2) The land uses and development regulations allowed by the Overlay District Development Plan are consistent with the City Comprehensive Plan.
(Ord. 310. Passed 9-16-96.)