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(a) Approval by the district council under the provisions of this section of housing projects owned, operated and/or under sponsorship approved by the county housing opportunities commission and encompassed in a public facility area development plan shall waive any other requirements of this chapter for the zone in which the project is developed.
(b) Such housing projects owned, operated and/or under sponsorship approved by the county housing opportunities commission shall be reviewed and then approved or disapproved by the district council, after public hearing, concurrent with or following the approval by the county council of the public facility area plan pursuant to the provisions of chapter 2, article IX of this Code, as amended.
(c) Decision by the district council of housing projects pursuant to this section shall:
(1) Follow the receipt of the recommendation of the planning board, which board shall receive the public facilities area plan at least 60 days prior to the public hearing before the district council;
(2) Be based upon a determination of the appropriateness of the proposed land use and the compatibility of the housing project with existing and planned development in the neighborhood;
(3) Contain such conditions as the district council shall determine are necessary to ensure compatibility of the housing project with existing and planned development in the neighborhood, to provide for orderly development and to promote the general welfare;
(4) Specify such covenants regulating future use of the land as shall be required to be recorded in the land records of the county.
(d) Housing projects approved pursuant to this section shall be subject to detailed site plan provisions of division 59-D-3 of this chapter.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 9-19, § 2.)
Editor's note-To accommodate the inclusion of a new § 59-A-6.1 by § 1 of Ord. No. 9-19, § 2 of the ordinance renumbered existing sections 59-A-6.1-59-A-6.7 as 59-A-6.2-59-A-6.8.