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Use; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended to the City Council that the requests of the applicant be denied, based upon Findings which the Planning Commission adopted in its Resolution No. 89-21; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the recommendation of the Planning Commission at its own 1 public hearing and has considered the testimony of the applicant and the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Applicant's request for Amendment to the Land Use Map of the Everett General Plan is hereby denied and, furthermore, the denial of the requested General Plan Amendment precludes City Council consideration of the Rezone request. The City Council bases this decision on the following findings: 1 . The Applicant has failed to demonstrate that circumstances have changed substantially since the adoption of the General Plan Land Use Map and Policies (Residential , 1986; Commercial, 1987) that warrant the changing of the subject residential property for commercial uses. 2. Through the lack of a specific site development plan for the proposed use of the subject property, the applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposed amendment of the Everett General Plan and Rezone will result in a more efficient use of and improvement to the existing commercially zoned properties in the vicinity. 3 . The use of a local street (Fleming Street) as a land use transition between "Highway Commercial" and "Single Family Detached" uses is not sufficient to protect the character of the residential neighborhood located on the west side of Fleming Street. 4. The "Single Family Attached, 8 to 12 dwellings per gross acre" land use designation applied to the residentially zoned properties located on the east side of Fleming Street by the Land Use Map adopted in 1986 is intended to provide an appropriate land use transition between the more intensive "Highway Commercial" orientation of the properties fronting upon Evergreen Way, and the less intensive "Single Family Detached" neighborhood located on the west side of Fleming Street. 5. During the update of the General Plan Land Use Map in 1987, the Planning Commission considered areas where the "highway commercial" land use designation could be expanded to create a greater depth along Evergreen Way, but determined that additional commercial expansion should not encroach into residential neighborhoods. 6. Previous actions which have allowed an encroachment of