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LAND USE AMENDMENT • The land use plan identifies this property as light industrial. The adjacent property to the east and south are both light industrial, but the property located at the Highway 10 access is currently highway commercial. The property to the west is low density residential, and the property to the north, across the railroad tracks, is a medium industrial land use. It seems inappropriate to create an intense medium industrial land use adjacent to residential, light industrial and highway commercial land. This property has access off Highway 10 through a highway commercial land use. The land to the east and west of this property are currently vacant, and allowing this intensive use at this location may limit future residential development to the west and light industrial development to the east. This use may not be appropriate adjacent to a residential zone or a light industrial zone. Recommendation Staff recommends denial of the zone change from light industrial (I-1) to medium industrial (I-2) and the land use amendment from light industrial (LI) to medium industrial (MI) based on the following findings: • Findings 1. This proposed junkyard is a very intense use for this location, and may be more appropriately located in another area where it is more compatible with the surrounding land uses. 2. The proposed rezoning and land use plan amendment would impact the character and integrity of the surrounding residential and light industrial areas. 3. This proposed junkyard is inconsistent with Comprehensive Plan for East Highway 10. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Junkyards are a conditional use in the medium industrial zone. If the Planning Commission recommends approval of both the zone change and the land use plan amendment, the applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to operate a junkyard on this property. • S:\PLANNING\KENDRA\CU9G-17.DOC