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Recommended Findings of Fact for Approval PLN2006-00104 Rezone, Planned Development and Vesting Tentative Map Tract 7875 311-335 M3cArthur Boulevard Assessor's Parcel Numbers 76-311-1-1, 76-311-1-3, 76-311-3, 76-311-4, and 76-311-5; D. Ruffin Architecture (applicant); Settlemier Properties (property owner) Rezone 1. The proposed rezone must be in general agreement with the adopted General Plan of the City. The General Plan Land Use Map designates the subject property as Corridor Mixed Use and Low Density Residential. The Corridor Mixed Use designation is described as a "mix of commercial and residential uses oriented in a linear development pattern along major transit-served arterials. Development should be designed to encourage walking and bicycle use, and should be sufficiently dense to support increased transit services along the corridors" (p. 3-12). Low Density Residential is intended for single-family homes, but is conditionally compatible with duplex development (p. 3-16). As described above, these General Plan designations allow for a residential project with density of up to 25 units for this one acre site. The General Plan provides that a high density residential project would be conditionally compatible within the Corridor Mixed Use land use designation. This proposed layout of the residential development with a density of 23 units per acre would be a compatible transitional use between the single- family uses to the west, and commercial uses to the north, east and south. The higher density portion of the project is concentrated on the MacArthur frontage, while the lower density portion is provided on the Henna Court frontage. The rezoning of the project site to a PD Overlay District will subject any proposal on the property to the City's discretionary review process, which will ensure that the new development will be compatible with the existing area. This carries out General Plan Policy 2.05 which provides that the development review shall be implemented to ensure that infill development is compatible with existing homes and maintain aesthetically pleasing neighborhoods. In addition, the proposed plan carries out General Plan Policies 3.01 and 3.04 which is to encourage a mix of residential development types in the City, including single-family homes on a variety of lot sizes, as well as townhomes, row houses, live-work units, planned unit developments and multi-family housing and to encourage infill development on vacant or underused sites within residential areas, respecti vel y. 2. The uses permitted by the proposed zoning district must be compatible with existing and proposed uses in the general fleighborhood. The proposed 23 residential units on this one acre site equates to a density of 23 units per acre, which would be compatible with the maximum conditionally allowable of25.3 units per acre in the CC Commercial Community and RS Residential Single-Family base districts. The Planned Development overlay would also address the compatibility of the