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Haas Zoning Amendment <br />Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br />1. The requested amendment is in compliance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />The City’s Comprehensive Plan identifies the subject property as agricultural. The <br />requested amendment would not change the land use of the property. The property is <br />located in the east part of the City, which is planned for agricultural and rural residential <br />uses. <br /> <br />2. The proposed zoning classification is appropriate for the property given the topographic, <br />environmental and cultural limitations of the site. <br /> <br />The property consists of a single family home and is primarily natural vegetation and <br />wetlands. While the property is not used for traditional agricultural pursuits, is does contain <br />high quality natural areas and trees. The Agricultural zoning would be appropriate for the <br />property. <br /> <br />3. Existing public infrastructure is adequate to handle the development that can reasonable <br />be foreseen on the site. <br /> <br /> The property is served by well and septic. Municipal sewer and water is not available to <br /> this area of the City. By changing the zoning from LA to AG, the minimum lot size <br /> would change from 40 acres to 10 acres. Because the subject property does not have <br /> frontage on a public road, any splitting of the property would require a variance. <br /> <br /> No development is proposed on the site and the existing access to the property is <br /> adequate for the use. <br /> <br />4. The proposed zoning classification will not have unreasonable negative impacts on <br />adjacent properties. <br /> <br /> The rezoning will not negatively impact the adjacent properties. The property will remain <br /> in agricultural and open space uses consistent with other properties in the zoning district. <br /> <br />5. The floodplain designation on the official zoning map shall not be removed from floodplain <br />areas unless it can be shown that the designation is in error or that the area has been filled <br />to or above the elevation of the regulatory flood protection elevation and is contiguous to <br />lands outside the floodplain. <br /> <br /> The floodplain areas are not proposed to be impacted. <br /> <br />7. CONCLUSION/ STAFF RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br />Staff finds the application meets the criteria outlined in the City Code and recommends approval <br />of the zoning amendment request to rezone from the Long Term Agricultural Zoning District to <br />the Agricultural Zoning District for the property located at 15500 Keystone Avenue North. <br /> <br />8. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br /> <br />