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Kwik Trip – 159th Street Page 3 The City’s discretion in approving or denying a site plan is limited to whether or not the proposed project complies with the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance requirements. If it meets these standards, the City must then approve the site plan. B. Consistency with Ordinance Standards The applications comply with the ordinance standards as follows: Comprehensive Plan Amendment The applicant is requesting a comprehensive plan amendment to change the land use of Parcel 1 from Low Density Residential (LD) to Commercial (COM), matching the current land use designation of Parcel 2. In review of the request, staff used the following criteria: 1. Evidence submitted by the applicant demonstrating the reason(s) that the plan should be changed, including but not limited to whether new information has become available since the Comprehensive Plan was adopted that supports re-examination of the plan, or that existing or proposed development offer new opportunities or constraints that were not previously considered by the Plan. The property is currently guided as Low Density Residential (LD) in the 2040 Land Use Plan. The property is directly adjacent to Parcel 2 which is guided Commercial (COM), and across 159th Street North from property that is guided Low Density Residential (LD). With the creation of the Shores of Oneka Lake development, 159th Street was brought through this area and separated two sections of land that were guided LD. Amending the designation of the separated parcel (Parcel 1) to match its adjoining parcel (Parcel 2) would allow for continuity throughout the site and create a better transition of land uses by separating commercial uses to one side of the street and low density residential uses on the other side of the street. 2. Is the requested amendment needed to allow reasonable use of the site? The proposed amendment to Commercial (COM) is compatible with the existing commercial land use designation on the adjoining parcel, and allows for a separation between land guided COM and LD by having them on opposite sides of the street. The proposed amendment would allow for a more reasonable use of the site by creating more continuity of compatible land uses. 3. The relationship of the proposed amendment to the supply and demand for particular land uses within the city and the immediate vicinity of the site. The site is at the northeast corner of the intersection of Forest Boulevard (Highway 61) and 159th Street North. The 2040 Land Use plan outlines the development characteristics of the COM land use designation, which includes being located at the