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Comprehensive Plan. The site currently exists under three separate zoning designations. Property southwest is zoned R-1, Single Family Residence, a portion north of the property is zoned L -I, Light Industrial, and a Targe central area is zoned PSP, Public/Semi-Public. To allow the proposed middle school as a conditional use, the entire site must contain a 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. qua The 1990 Land Use Plan suggests for the subject prope is residential and industrial This is not consistent with the property's current P P, Public/Semi-Public zoning designation which was applied to the property since 1 . 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 light 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 residential area. The school site acts as a transitional land use separating for 1-35 and the industrial uses to the north from the residential land uses to the south. The site design needs to address buffering of residential uses in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance. From the above discussed land use issues, it can be said that the change in zoning is consistent with the surrounding properties. coy