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Page 4 the existing landscape and constraints of the property through the site design layout. The plan also meets the downtown plan and design guidelines. In order to approve a PUD, the City must find that the applicant has demonstrated compliance with the following criteria: 1. Provide for the establishment of PUD zoning districts in appropriate setting and situations, to create and maintain a development pattern that complies with the City's Comprehensive Plan. 2. Allow for the mixing of land uses within a development when such mixing of land uses could not otherwise be accomplished. 3. Provide for variations to the strict application of the land use regulations in order to improve site design and operation, while at the same time incorporating design elements that exceed the City's standards to offset the effect of any variations. 4. Promote a more creative and efficient approach to land use within the City, while at the same time protecting and promoting the health, safety, comfort, aesthetics, economic viability and general welfare of the City. Preserve and enhance natural features and open spaces including but not limited to the width expansion of greenway corridors, conservation of wooded areas, development of buffer areas, reduction of impervious surface, and utilization of joint facilities and utilities. 6. Maintain or improve the efficiency of public streets and utilities. 7. Ensure the establishment of appropriate transitions between differing land uses. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan shows the land use being Mixed -Use (MIX). The rezoning/PUD is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan in terms of land use. It is in staff s opinion that the PUD general plan has offered a creative and efficient method to planning the site, all which meets the intent of the PUD ordinance. Setbacks Buildings in the Central Business (C-1) district are required to meet the minimum setback standards of 10 feet from the front property line, 30 feet from the rear property line, and zero feet from the side property lines. The building meets all of the building setback requirements. Although the building meets the City's building setback requirements, since the property abuts Egg Lake it is also in the Shoreland Overlay District and shall meet the shoreland setback requirements.