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• The parcel(s) abuts a commercial node; and • The parcels) is located within a substantially developed area; and • The parcel(s) is located in an area dominated by nonresidential uses. The PRO district is one of only two commercial zoning districts (the Neighborhood Commercial District is the other) allowed in areas with residential land use designations. Therefore, the PRO district is intended to be compatible with residential uses. As the name suggests, the PRO district is limited almost exclusively to professional offices. These uses generally produce less noise, traffic, and lights and fewer impacts than commercial. uses. Besides offices, uses allowed within the PRO district include single- and multiple -family residential, places of worship, bed and breakfasts, post offices, libraries, and child care and adult care facilities. ANALYSIS In this section, an analysis of the reasonableness of the application will be presented. The analysis will include a description of: • concurrency of public facilities; • compatibility with the surrounding area; • consistency with the comprehensive plan; • potential impact on environmental quality; and • appropriateness of the PRO district for the subject property. Concurrency of Public Facilities This site is located within the county Urban Service Area, an area deemed suited for urban scale development. The comprehensive plan establishes standards for: Transportation, Potable Water, Wastewater, Solid Waste, Drainage and Recreation (Future Land Use Policy 3.1). The -adequate provision of these services is necessary to ensure the continued quality of.life enjoyed by the community. The comprehensive plan and land development regulations also require that new development be reviewed to ensure that the minimum acceptable standards for these services and facilities are maintained. Policy 3.2 of the Future Land Use Element states that no development shall be approved unless it is consistent with the concurrency management system component of the Capital Improvements Element. For rezoning requests, conditional concurrency review is required. Conditional voncurrency review examines the available capacity of each facility with respect to a proposed project. Since rezoning requests are not projects, county regulations call for the concurrency review to be based upon the most intense use possible of the subject property given the requested zoning district. For commercial rezoning requests, the most intense use possible (according to the county's land development regulations) is retail commercial with 10,000 square feet of gross floor area per acre of land proposed for rezoning. 23 APR - 61993 Booz 89,Fa,E,2?0