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Planning & Zoning Board June 13, 2001 Page 14 1. The proposed action's consistency with the specific policies and provision of the official City Comprehensive Plan. 2. The proposed use's compatibility with present and future land uses of the area. 3. The proposed use's conformity with all performance standards contained herein (i.e., parking, loading, noise, etc.). 4. The proposed use's impact upon existing public services and facilities including parks, schools, streets, and utilities, and its potential to overburden the City's service capacity. 5. Traffic generation of the proposed use in relation to capabilities of streets serving the property. Staff stated due to the limited application of the PSP Zoning District, the Comprehensive Land Use Plan seldom applies this land use category except where the use existed or where there was public ownership of the property. Recognizing this condition, the 1990 Land Use Plan and the Proposed 2020 Land Use Plan guides this site for industrial use. The Planning Commission and City Council must therefore determine the appropriateness of this zoning change on the applicable policies of the 1987 Comprehensive plan and the proposed 2020 Comprehensive Plan policies that relate to the rezoning request. Staff explained the School District's interest in creating a shared elementary and middle school campus did economize an existing investment, promote a greater utilization of existing facilities, and was located in a manner that best serves the School District's residents. In this regard, the proposed land use and zoning change is consistent with the Comprehensive plan policies. Staff indicated within the 2020 proposed Comprehensive Plan under Staged Growth Area Rules, the following recommendation was made: "In considering land trades, the City will discourage the exchange of developable commercial or industrial zoned land for a proposed residential development." Staff stated while the rezoning of the industrial land would not directly accommodate residential growth, the School District, in a related application, was requesting that the existing Birch Street parcel be rezoned from PSP to R -1X, Single Family Residential. The City must determine if this requested zoning change was inconsistent with this recommendation. It should be noted that this was a unique request in that it was driven by the facility needs of the School District rather than private development. Staff indicated industrial zoning would adjoin the site on the east and southeast. This area was preliminary platted in 1998 under the name of Lake Business Park. This preliminary plat revealed that storm water drainage ponds and a wetland physically separated the proposed site from most of the industrial area. The Lake Business Park preliminary plat relied on a 1,150 -foot long cul -de -sac to provide access to the westernmost lot. Long cul -de -sacs provide poor street access for industrial traffic and site access.