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Urban Services Area in Comprehensive Plan: Requested Plan Amendment: Parcel is Outside Urban Services Area Include Parcel in Urban Services Area Basis for Request We believe that our request to have this parcel included in the urban services area and rezoned to Multi-family residential R3 (according to table Sec. 30 -1006. Principal Structures in the City Code) is reasonable because it is consistent with the intent and vision for this area as described in the Comprehensive Plan. A "high-density" land use designation, as shown in the Comprehensive Plan, is usually consistent with unit densities greater than 8 units per acre. Urban services and a zone change are necessary to make this property consistent with the intent ofthe Comprehensive Plan. In addition, the parcels immediately north ofthis site are currently within urban services area boundary, as is a large planned unit development recently constructed southwest ofthis parcel. In fact, this parcel is located within a relatively small, rectangular-shaped tract of land, surrounded on three of its four sides by parcels within the urban services boundary. This can be seen more clearly on Figure 2. The recent improvements 175th Street included "stubbing out" sewer and water to this property; we would simply like to be able to connect to them as a part of the development of our site. Furthermore, this parcel is located in a place with compatible adjacent land uses and on a recently up-graded street that will easily be able to handle the traffic loads associated with the requested zoning. Its proximity to the current "Park and Ride" lot, which is also the location for the planned North Star Train depot, makes it an ideal location for a high-density residential type development. Finally, we have spoken with the other land owners in this area, and the owners representing the majority ofthe upland area are in favor ofthese changes. One lot at 17379 Tyler Street is already for sale by an owner that would like to see these changes implemented, and others recognized that their land would be more valuable with these proposed changes and, in turn, would also like to see them made. The land owners we contacted included: Art Meisenbach, Laur~ and Ijaz Osman, Russ Fierst (Representative ofthe family selling the property at 17379 Tyler Street), and the property owner at the southeast intersection of Tyler Street and 175th Street. All but one (the owner at Tyler and 175th) were either in favor ofthe changes or, at least did not oppose them. Comprehensive Plan Issues The Comprehensive Plan Update lists several questions used to consider the merit of a request like this. Those questions are listed below along with our responses. · Is the project consistent with the land use plan? The requested zoning change is consistent with the land use plan for this area, as shown in the Comprehensive Plan Update. We are simply requesting that the zoning change be made and the parcel be included in the urban services area to meet the intent of the Comprehensive Plan. TIle