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Resolution 1154-22 <br />Page 6 of 9 <br />FINDING: The use (140-unit apartment building) is needed, in the implementation of the <br />Comprehensive Plan, specific to providing affordable housing (will reduce the <br />City's 2021-2030 Allocation of Need by 25 units). Further, development of this <br />vacant land as an apartment building is consistent with redevelopment of this <br />block along Mounds View Boulevard, since 2014. <br />19. The use is consistent with the purposes of this chapter and the purposes of the zoning <br />district in which the applicant intends to locate the proposed use; <br />FINDING: The use (140-unit apartment building) is consistent with Mounds View City Code <br />Chapter 160 (Zoning), will approval of a Zoning Map Amendment, Final Plat, <br />CUP/PUD, and Development Review. The use is consistent with the proposed <br />zoning (PUD). <br />20. The use is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan of the city; <br />FINDING: The use (140-unit apartment building) is not in conflict with the Comprehensive <br />Plan. The Plan intends this property to be redeveloped as Mixed -Use, with a <br />60140% residential/commercial mix, although commercial uses are not required. <br />The project relates to the following sections of the Comprehensive Plan: <br />Chapter 3 Housing <br />Goal 1 Support development and redevelopment which accomplishes <br />2040 forecasted population growth and the supportive land use <br />designations identified in this plan. <br />Goal 2 Maintain the residential character of Mounds View <br />- Preserve single-family neighborhoods. <br />- Reinvest in multi family properties. <br />- Redevelop the Mounds View Boulevard corridor <br />Goal 3 Support a mix of housing types reflective of the needs and desires <br />of the community. <br />The project is within Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) 1707, as indicated in p, 5-14, and <br />5-15 (Table 5-2) in the Comprehensive Plan. The TAZ forecasts a 2020-2040 <br />population increase of 10 persons, no increase in households, and 320 increase <br />in jobs. At the time (2018), it was presumptive that jobs would be located within <br />the project's 5-acre area, although the current market is for housing. <br />21. The use will not cause traffic hazards or congestion; and <br />