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15. Policies set forth in the Comprehensive Plan which are relevant to the Application <br />include; <br />o Provide a balanced land use pattern which supports a sustainable Infix of jobs and <br />housing. <br />® Guide the scale of development to be consistent with the surrounding land uses and <br />general character. <br />® Guide commercial land use to areas that can utilize an appropriately-designed <br />transportation system without infringing upon residential neighborhoods. <br />® Allow commercial areas to develop when they can be designed to be compatible with <br />surrounding land uses. <br />• Include adequate buffering of commercial and industrial developments and adjacent <br />to non-compatible Iand uses. <br />® Requite adequate transition of buffers between differing, non-compatible land uses, <br />making use of natural land characteristics, whenever possible. <br />® Require development of proposals to consider the impacts on transportation and <br />natural systems beyond the boundaries of the individual projects. <br />16. Throughout the Comprehensive Plan there is an emphasis on attracting <br />commmercial/industrial development. This is important to the City as this type of development <br />builds a colnlnunity's tax base and creates more job opportunities. <br />17. Another fundamental element mentioned throughout the Comprehensive Plan is the <br />need to establish and maintain a positive community image by maintaining the edges and buffers <br />that define and protect adjacent land uses. <br />18. Preservation of open spaces is also an important policy and goal of the <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />19. The Comprehensive Plan provides that the gravel mii~ling area of the City, which is <br />located along both sides of North Highway 169 and includes the SDA, be guided for future <br />development of commercial and industrial uses. Tlv area of the City is envisioned by the City <br />Council as the futw-e economic engine of the City. The goal is to have this area develop with <br />commercial and industrial uses as the gravel is mined out. The tax base generated by commercial <br />S:\Resolutions\ResolutT~in_Denyin~Application_for_Comp_Plan_Amend_1nd_Rezoning ~.DOC <br />