A permit for the conduct of site selection of arterial highways, interchanges and collector highways shall be issued by this Board following a public hearing upon the application for such a permit, provided that the Board shall have received at such hearing evidence satisfactory to it that:

   A. There is sufficient existing and projected need within the County and the region to warrant and support the activity proposed.

   B. The proposal is the best alternative available to meet local transportation needs within the approved Transportation Plan, and is of general benefit to the residents of the County and region while promoting uniform application of the latest transportation planning principles.

   C. The proposed activity is consistent with the 1990 Thoroughfare Plan for Pueblo, or any subsequently approved transportation plans, as well as the local and State comprehensive plans.

   D. The activity will provide an integrated network without stub connections except where unusual geographic or traffic flow conditions require otherwise.

   E. All environmental impacts, to the extent that the same are determined by this Board to be adverse, will be sufficiently mitigated or compensated for.

   F. Disruption of existing community patterns, including, but not limited to: neighborhoods; pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular traffic circulation patterns; historic, scenic, aesthetic or other unique features or characteristics; and existing land use will not occur or will, in the opinion of this Board, be sufficiently mitigated or compensated for.

   G. The proposed activity will not make demands upon natural resources, including, but not limited to, energy resources, which demands are, in the opinion of this Board, excessive when compared with the value of the activity.