2008/08/20 Council Agenda Packet

.5 34 established in an institutional overlay zone approved by the City Council rather than the standards in the underlying zone; and WHEREAS, subsequent to the June 2, 2008 Planning Commission public hearing, PEMC proposed revisions to its master plan that include relocation of the utility building farther from the north property boundary toward the center of the site, and reduced the area originally proposed for 175 foot building heights by approximately 2.8 acres, and proposed 85 foot height and 75 foot height limits, respectively, for this area; and WHEREAS, the Department of Planning and Community Development recommended approval of PEMC's 2007 Application with revisions to further mitigate adverse impacts to the existing and anticipated land uses in the vicinity of the subject property; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made further revisions to the proposed master plan and recommended that the City Council approve the comprehensive plan amendment, rezone, and Institutional Overlay master plan; and WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS THE FOLLOWING: The following Comprehensive Plan Policies apply to this proposal: Land Use Policies 2_5 The policies of the Land Use Element allow for the continued development, expansion and operation of hospitals and clinics within those residentially zoned areas currently designated for hospitals, clinics and medical related uses on the Land Use Map, and protect from further encroachment the residential neighborhoods adjoining the areas where these medical -related land uses are located. 2.5.1 Protect established residential neighborhoods from further encroachment by hospitals, clinics and other related medical activities, and limit such uses to commercially zoned areas and to those residentially zoned areas where such uses are already well established and designated by the Land Use Map.