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Steve Thatcher 31 January 1905 Page Three b. The use will be sufficiently compatible or sep,u•ated by distance or screening irum adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing bullies will not be depreciated in value and there will be nu deferrdnce to development of vacant land. c. The structure and 4ite shall have an appedratit. e that will not have an adverse ellcct upon adjacent residential properties. d, The use, in the opinion ul the City Council, is reasonably related to the overall needs of the City and to the existing land use. e. The use is consistent with the purposes of the Zoning Code and the purposes of the zoning district in which the applicant intends to locate the proposed use, f. The use is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan of the City. g. The use will not cause traffic hazards or congestion. h. Adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and necessary facilities have been or will be provided. These criteria indicate that consistency with the Comprehensive Plan is a condition for approval. As such, the City has an arguement for denial. The incompatibility of the cownercial use in a residential area adds to the agruement for denial, however, this issue highlights the inappropriateness of the B-3 zoning. This option is weakened by the fact that the proposed use is the re-establishinent of an existing use that is consistent with the established zoning. The proposed use also complies with the majority of the other criteria for granting a conditional use permit. The City used this option in the denial of a conditional use permit for the Holiday Gas Station on the corner of Silver Lake Road and highway 10. The second option available to the laity is to rezone the site in confornrance with the Comprehensive Plan. This alternative is viewed nx,re favorably as it implements the objectives of the City's Comprehensive Plan in accordance with the Minnesota State Statutes. The Cumprehensive Plan, adjacent land uses, and past City action on zoning requests provide justification for a rezoning. Based on these items, the City's position for rezoning is stronger than if they processed the conditional use permit.