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(B) Existing Zoning of both Subject Properties: Both of these properties are presently zoned Commercial District (C). (C) Proposed Land Use: This project is identified as the Love's Travel Stop and Country Store. The proposed uses are a travel stop which includes fuel sales, and a convenience store with an attached restaurant; the proposed development will also include a separate area for semi -truck refueling, semi -truck certified scales, and semi -truck parking spaces. The applicants have stated that these uses collectively will function as a truck stop. An accepted definition of a truck stop includes the following: A facility intended to provide services to the trucking industry, including but not limited to the following activities: dispersing of fuel, repair shops, automated washes, overnight parking, restaurants, and motels, all as part of the facility. Also, a truck stop can be identified as a site in excess of two acres providing the above - stated facilities and services. The applicant has stated to staff that there will be no sleeping quarters and no mechanical work done on these subject premises. The project will essentially be a large gas station that will serve trucks, and will also serve smaller vehicles for fuel. (D) Proposed Zoning of the Subject Propert y: These two parcels are both currently zoned Commercial District (C). The applicant stated they intended to purchase the Light Industrial (LI) zoned property that is adjacent on the south side of the larger subject tract. The ultimate intent, therefore, is to purchase the two proposed lots for rezoning, and the adjacent subject LI lot, and have these three properties platted as one lot for this proposed truck stop development. The fundamental reason that the applicants want to rezone these subject properties is that both Gasoline Service Stations and Auto Fuel Sales require Specific Use Permit approval within the Commercial District, whereas both of these uses are permitted in the Light Industrial District. By rezoning the two subject lots, all three lots of interest will then have the same zoning district. From city planning, zoning, and urban design standpoints it is appropriate to have one /the same zoning district on all lots that are part of the same development. The convenience store and restaurant, as proposed by the applicant, are both permitted uses in the Commercial District. Further, zoning ordinance administration and overall project design are enhanced when a particular, unified development project (as this is proposed) is established under one individual zoning district. (E) The Master Thoroughfare Plan (MTP) within the Comprehensive Plan: For these subject properties, the MTP recommends that North Main Street be classified as an Arterial Roadway.