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• • Bruggeman Properties Page 2 of 8 This review is based on the following plan submittals: Concept Sketch dated 3/25/03 Site Plan dated 3/27/03 Individual Site Plans dated 3/27/03 ANALYSIS Comprehensive Plan The City's Comprehensive Plan was drafted in 1998 and adopted in 2002. The comprehensive plan establishes plans and policies for guiding the City's growth in a manner that is rational, efficient and desirable through the year 2020. Of primary importance in the preparation of the plan was determining how much the City should be allowed to grow, where urban development should be allowed to occur, and what specific uses should be allowed within designated growth areas. Once undeveloped areas have been identified as urban growth areas, their future use is directed both by various policies within the Comprehensive Plan and the official Land Use Plan. The subject site lies within Planning District 4 of the Comprehensive Plan. The District 4 Land Use Plan guides the northeast and southeast corners of the Hodgson Road/Birch Street intersection for commercial uses. In regard to the subject site, commercial uses are indicated in the northwest corner of the property with medium density residential uses on the balance of the site. In addition to directing commercial uses at the Hodgson Road/Birch Street intersection, the plan includes specific recommendations in regard to commercial uses within the district. Specifically, the plan states the following: The commercial uses within District 4 are located near major street intersections. The commercial locations are oriented to serve nearby neighborhoods. In this respect, the City will regulate future commercial development to control land use intensity and establish both site and building designs that will be compatible with surrounding residential uses. Attention will be given to site design, building architecture, green space, setbacks, access, signage and lighting to create attractive commercial locations. In the case of the commercial land use areas located at the corners of Hodgson and Birch Street, the City will promote the integration of the commercial and adjoining medium density land uses in a cohesive design that promotes a physical sense of neighborhood and an inter - relationship between the two land uses. • As noted above, the Comprehensive Plan states that commercial uses in this area of the City are to be "oriented" to serve nearby neighborhoods. To some degree, this statement may provide