12 - ZONING FROM LI TO PUBLIC LANDS 2310 AND 2320 N.W. 19TH STREET

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provides excellent emergency access to Loop 286 and the proximity of N.W. 19th Street offers ready access to other parts of Paris. (D) Proposed Zoning of the Subject Property The proposed zoning for this property is the Public Lands and Institution District (PLI). The purpose of this zone is to primarily provide a zoning district for land uses that are mainly publicly oriented; in particular, this EMS proposed use can be found in the Zoning Ordinance in Sec. 8 -102 "Special Uses" under the category of "Schedule of Uses ", namely: "Public Owned Buildings and Lands." Therefore, since this will be a city -owned building, this PLI district is the appropriate zoning. Further, while the existing zoning is Light Industrial, it can be observed from reviewing the Zoning Ordinance, that there are a number of permitted uses in the Light Industrial district that would be more intensive in character than this proposed EMS use. (E) The Master Thoroughfare Plan (MTP) within the Comprehensive Plan: For this subject property, the MTP recommends that N.W. 19th Street be classified as an Arterial Roadway; the current R.O.W. on N.W. 19th fronting this site 40 feet. In this area 19th street "dead ends" into the back of Lake Crook. (F) Parks Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan: The following are the key graphics in this park master plan: (1) Existing Parks and Open Space; (2) Trail and Sidewalk map; and (3) Future Parks and Open Spaces; none of these plan maps are impacted by this EMS proposal. (G) The Future Land Use Plan (FLUP) within the Comprehensive Plan: The FLUP recommends Light Industrial on a portion of the eastern side of this subject property; the remainder of the property recommended for Low Density Residential (LDR) use, as is the property across N.W. 19a' street in this area. Typically, and in terms of land use compatibility, low- density residential uses are not recommended adjacent to light industrial uses. The Comprehensive Plan describes LDR use as "... representative of traditional, single - family detached dwelling units ... The areas designated for low density residential land use are generally not adjacent to major thoroughfares or compatible land uses, and are in proximity to existing single - family residential land use." The subject envisions is currently represented by scattered single- family dwellings. In regard to the sparsely located existing single - family units; the existing industrial and commercial character of the subject area; the functional location of this site for efficient EMS service /emergency delivery; the additional opportunity for EMS services to be closer to city residences, businesses and services; the fact that this EMS facility is determined to be less land