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1 Rezoning, PDO Development Plan Outlot B Apollo Business Park No. 2 April 12, 1999 page 2 REZONING TO PDO The overall plan for this site is to construct four light industrial buildings. The site is a single lot now. The future plan is to subdivide into three lots. The current Zoning Ordinance, which was adopted in 1997, states that "more than one principal structure per lot may be allowed in planned developments" (Sec 3.C.3). This applicant has put more than one building on a lot before, but that was before the current Zoning Ordinance was adopted in 1997. The intention to have more than one building on a single lot is the reason that the PDO zoning is needed. Since the site is one lot now, the PDO is necessary to build more than one building. Rezoning Criteria A zoning amendment decision must be based on findings that consider the following factors as stated in the Zoning Ordinance: 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 official City Comprehensive Plan. The site is included in the interchange study area of the current Comprehensive Plan. The interchange study recommends general business uses for the site. The site also is included in the Planning District 1 study, which was adopted in 1997 by the City Council with the intention of incorporating the study into a revised comprehensive plan. The District 1 study recommends light industrial uses for the site, as does the new draft Comprehensive Plan. The actual line forming the boundary between industrial and business use areas differs from one plan document to another, but the nature of a planning document is not always conducive to precise boundaries. General business uses benefit from direct access for retail customers, or the general public at any rate, while (light) industrial uses do not need the same access for customers. Most potential retail/general public customers are likely to be on Lake Drive, though Apollo provides access to additional General Business sites as well. The subject site will be approximately 1500 feet from the intersection of Apollo and Lake Drives. This site could be considered appropriate for either business or industrial uses.