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Hugo Estates Apartments and Manufactured Home Community Expansion Page 6 Rezoning The applicant is requesting to rezone the property from Low Density Multiple Family Residential (R-4) and General Industrial (1-3) to Medium Density Multiple Family Residential (R-5). Staff has analyzed this rezoning based on the four criteria in the City ordinance under Section 90-40, Zoning Amendments: 1. The requested amendment is in compliance with the city's comprehensive plan If the comprehensive plan amendment is approved, the zoning will be in compliance with the comprehensive plan. 2. The proposed zoning classification is appropriate for the property given the topographic, environmental and cultural limitations of the site. The buildings and site area arranged to accommodate the proposed use in regards to parking, access, and building placement. The proposed zoning classification is appropriate for the property because there are no topographic, environmental, or cultural limitation of the site. 3. Existing public infrastructure is adequate to handle the development that can reasonably be foreseen on the site The property is adjacent and gets access from Highway 61. The site currently has four access onto Highway 61 and will be eliminating two with the project. The property can be adequately served with the access proposed. The property is served by city sewer and water. 4. The proposed zoning classification will not have unreasonable negative impacts on neighboring properties Industrial users in the industrial park are allowed exterior storage and buildings up to 50 feet in height. The proposed amendment to High Density Residential (HD) will provide a good transition between the properties guided Industrial (IND) and Medium Density Residential (MD). The proposed zoning will not have unreasonable negative impacts on the neighboring properties. 5. The floodplain designation on the official zoning map shall not be removed from floodplain areas unless it can be shown that the designation is in error or that the area has been filled to or above the elevation of the regulatory flood protection elevation and is contiguous to lands outside the floodplain. No floodplain areas are proposed to be impacted with the project. It is in staff s opinion that all of the necessary requirements for approval of a zoning amendment are met.