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Existing Land Use Pattern The subject property contains two single-family residences, three mobile homes, the Trading Post, three buildings housing space for contractors, repair services, and offices, the Meadows office/apartment complex, Don's Import car repair facility, two commercial buildings under construction, and undeveloped land (see existing land use map - Attachment #2). The land around the subject property consists of single-family dwellings, mobile homes, and undeveloped land. Future Land Use Pattern The Comprehensive Plan designates the land on the east side of 43rd Avenue as LD -2, Low -Density Residential 2 (up to 6 units/acre), and the land on the west side of 43rd Avenue as LD -1, Low -Density Residential 1 (up to 3 units/acre). However, there is a provision in the Land Use Element of the Plan that states: "It is not the intent of the Board of County Commissioners to create nonconforming uses by the adoption of this Plan. All lawful, conforming uses in existence at the date of Plan adoption shall be considered consistent with the Plan." Based on this provision, the existing commercial uses can retain their commercial zoning. There are several small vacant lots on the west side of 43rd Avenue which, because of the Land Use Plan designation, should be rezoned in conformance with the LD -1 land use designation. However, because of'the size of these lots and the fact that they are situated in between existing commercial uses, rezoning them to a single-family zoning district does not seem to be appropriate. There is another provision in the Plan that states: "5) Certain parcels of land which do not conform to the policies for nodal development, but can be demonstrated to be suitable for commercial or industrial development and otherwise meet the performance standards described in this element, may receive consideration by the Board of County Commissioners for commercial or industrial zoning classification." The Planning Department feels that this provision is ideally suited to this situation where small lots are situated between commercial uses but generally designated as residential on the Land Use Plan. On the east side of 4'3rd Avenue, most of the land is developed in commercial uses or is under development. However, there are several lots in the Meadows Subdivision which lie approximately 200 feet east of 43rd Avenue and are split by the zoning district boundary. The west half of each of these lots is zoned C-1, and the east half of each lot is zoned R-1. The west half of each lot should be rezoned to R-1. RECOMMENDATION Based on the above analysis, particularly the provisions of paragraph 5 of the Comprehensive Plan cited above and the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation, staff recom- mends that the property on -the west side of 43rd Avenue between 2nd Street and 1st Street SW remain zoned C-1 and that the property on the east side of 43rd Avenue from 450 feet north of 2nd Street to 230 feet south of 1st Street SW also remain zoned commercial, except for the west half of the lots in the Meadows Subdivision which should be rezoned R-1. 21 BOOK 60 PAGE 62