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• • • Pinnacle Tower May 3, 2001 Page 2 The City could also choose to approve the requested applications. Approving these requests would have the following results: 1. Limit the geographic area open to the placement of towers in excess of 200 feet to within the PSP District. 2. Give the City greater discretion in the future location of similar towers by requiring a rezoning. Rezoning and Zoning Text Amendment. According to Section 2, Subdivision 1 of the City Code, the Planning Commission and City Council shall weigh five factors when considering zoning amendments or rezoning requests. These factor and staff's findings for each are outlined below. 1. The proposed action has been considered in relation to the specific policies and provisions of and has been found to be consistent with the City's official Comprehensive Plan. Finding: Both the zoning text amendment and rezoning of this site from R, Rural to PSP, Public and Semi Public District are consistent with the policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan. Some of these policies are listed below: a. Avoid premature urban expansion into rural areas of the City. b. Develop a cohesive land use pattern that insures compatibility and functional relationships among activities. c. Prevent over - intensification of land use development, in other words, development which is not accompanied by a sufficient level of supportive services and facilities. d. Balance land use types throughout the City. Avoid an over - allocation of land use types on a sub -area or planning district basis. 2. The proposed use is or will be compatible with present and future land uses of the area. Finding: The Existing Land Use Map shows this site is bordered by vacant and low density residential uses to the north, commercial uses to the east and south and low density residential uses to the west. By comparison, the Proposed Land Use Map illustrates this property is bordered by low density unsewered residential property to the north and south and low density sewered residential property to the east and west. Staff finds that the proposed use will be compatible with the present and future land uses.