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. . .1 . , 48.14 48.13. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. The property within a designated wetland which is restricted hereby or for which a development or other restrictive easement is conveyed to the municipality shall not be subject to future special assessments for the costs of public improvements for which such assessments are authorized pursuant to Chapter 26 of the Municipal Code. 48.14. VARIANCE AND APPEALS. Subdivision 1. An application for variance or appeal to the Council shall be processed according to Chapter 40 of the Municipal Code. Subdivision 2. No variance may he granted which would allow any use that is prohibited in the zoning district in which the property is located or which will: A. Resul t in incompatible land uses or which would be detrimental to surface and groundwater resources. . B. Increase the financial burdens imposed on the community through increasing floods and overflow of water onto land areas within this City or onto land areas adjacent to Rice Creek. C. Be not in keeping wi th land use plans and planning objectives for the City or which will increase or cause danger to life or property. D. Be inconsistent with the objectives of encouraging land uses compatible with the preservation of the natural land forms, vegetation and wetlands within the city. E. Include development of land and water areas essential to continue the temporary withholding of rapid runoff of surface water which contributes to downstream flooding, or water pollution, or development of land and water areas which provide groundwater recharge, or development which diminishes the land or water which are necessary to carry increased flows of stormwater following periods of heavy precipitation.