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<br />Case File: ZC 06-04 <br />Page 2 <br />Thomsen Zoning Change <br /> <br />Location: 1870 I:vfeadowvale Road <br />Zoning: R-3 land Use: SF Res. <br />Adjacent N -R-3 Adjacent N - R-3 <br />Zoning: E - R-3 Land Use: E - R-3 <br /> S - Rlc S - Rlc <br /> \X1 - 11 W-Il <br />Site Area: .67 acres, 29,185 square feet <br />Conforms: Land Use Plan - No <br /> <br />60 Day Rule:Action must be taken on this request by August 24, 2006. <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />The applicants are requesting a zoning change to permit dle construction of t\vo four unit apartment <br />buildings on the property. There are currendy 2 four-plexes adjoining the property to the eats, and light <br />industrial to the \vest. The applicant believes the zoning change \vould be consistent \vith the neighborhood. <br /> <br />Analysis <br /> <br />Staff has revie\ved dle request as presented. In this revie\v, Staff considered the surrounding land use, the <br />future land use map, dle comprehensive plan, and dle zoning ordinance. <br /> <br />As noted by the applicant, the adjacent land uses are generally residential, \vith residential to dle south and to <br />the east. To dle \vest is industrial property, and to the north is the nordl half of tile lot to the east, or <br />residential. <br /> <br />After careful revie\v, one of tile main differences bet\veen R-3 and R-4, aside from lot size and other "bulk" <br />requirements, is that multi-family units are a permitted use in the R-4 zoning district, and are not listed as a <br />permitted or conditional use in the R-3. Odler uses are consistent bet:\veen the t\vo districts, including <br />to\vnhomes, although bigger buildings are permitted in the R-4 district. It is Staff's belief that multi-family <br />implies an apartment building, versus a standard, to\vnhome unit. It is important to note that a city cannot <br />regulate o\vnership, so if to\vnhomes \vere a permitted use, a multi-family use should be as \vell. <br /> <br />The Comprehensive plan, in its future land use map, guides the subject property for industrial. <br /> <br />Rezoning the subject property \vould create a small R-4 zone, inconsistent ,vith the comprehensive plan. TIle <br />current zone allo\vs compatible land uses to tile surrounding areas, and appears to meet the goals of the <br />property o\vners. ,l\n alternative to the spot zoning \vould be to rezone the subject property R-3, \vhich <br />\vould not allo\v the apartment building proposed by the property o\vner. <br /> <br />s: \PL~'u'JNING \ Case Files \2006 \ZC\ZC 06-04 Thomsen \ Staff. report.doc <br />