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public/semi-public designation. To establish a single zoning district, the applicant is requesting the southwest portion of the site to be rezoned from R-1 to PSP and a portion of land in the L -I District to be zoned to PSP. The 1990 Land Use Plan suggests for the subject property is residential and industrial This is not consistent with the property's current PSP, Public/Semi-Public zoning designation which was applied to the property since 1987. Matters of land use designation are considered issues of City policy to be determined by City officials. Regardless of what land use the City feels is appropriate for the property in question, the City's Land Use Plan should be amended to reflect the City's desired use. The City's Comprehensive Plan includes policies which support the PSP rezoning as listed below • Future community development shall take into account social, economic, and environmental opportunities and constraints in an effort to provide an optimal arrangement of future land use activities. • Where possible, land use will be grouped together, according to similarity of their characteristics, in order to minimize potential negative impacts. Where conflicting land uses must be located adjacent to one another, steps will be taken to minimize the potential negative impacts. The EDAAB has reviewed the rezoning request for the Industrial property and has no problem that a small portion be rezoned to PSP, provided that the balance of the land remains L-1, Light Industrial, and that the L-1 site has adequate area for independent development. Land Use Compatibility. To determine the appropriateness of the proposed use, it is considered beneficial to examine adjacent land use and zoning designations. Direction Use Zoning North Industrial / 1-35 1-1, Light Industrial / 1-35 South Single Family Residential R-1, Single Family West Semi-public (Cemetery) R-1, Single Family East Industrial 1-1, Light Industrial As evidenced above, lands which bound the subject site to the south are residential use. To the north lies the Tight industrial and interstate 1-35. In evaluating the compatibility of the proposed use versus residential use allowed via the property's present zoning, it is evident that there are advantages to locating a middle school in the close proximity of the 5