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BOOK J Fr$Ut 9 y Use Element Policy 1.11 states that these residential uses must be located within the urban service area Since the subject property is located within an area designated as L-2 on the county's future land use plan map and is located within the county's urban service area, and the proposed zoning district would allow residential uses no greater than the 6 units/acre permitted by the L-2 designation, the proposed request is consistent with Policies 1.11 and 1.12. Future Land Use Element Objective 4 Future Land Use Element Objective 4 states that the county will reduce the number and length of trips on county roads. The site is located near several employment centers along 9`' Street, SW, and 27" Avenue. Many people who work in those employment centers live in moderately -priced, multiple -family housing. The RM -6 zoning district is intended for such uses. Therefore, the proposed rezoning will increase the opportunity for people who work in those areas to live near their jobs, thus reducing the length of their trips to and from work. For this reason, the request implements Future Land Use Element Objective 4. Future Land Use Element Objective 5 and Policy 5.3 This objective and policy indicate that the county shall allow and encourage a variety of housing styles, including multiple -family. By allowing multiple -family development on the subject property, the request implements Future Land Use Element Objective 4 and Policy 5.3. As part of its consistency analysis, staff compared the proposed request to all the objectives and policies in the plan and found no conflicts. Therefore, the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan. The following factors generally indicate that the subject property is appropriate for multiple -family development: • the site is adjacent to a major road, and new a major intersection; • the site is adjacent to a mobile home park; • the site is adjacent to an existing multiple -family zoning district; and • the site is near commercially zoned land. The following factors indicate that potential impacts on surrounding property could be mitigated: • Public right-of-way separates land to the west and south from the subject property. On the west, 27th Avenue has 80 feet of public road right-of-way. On the south, 90 feet of road and canal right-of-way separate the subject property from property in the Oslo Park subdivision. • Setbacks provide an additional 45 to 50 feet of separation between buildings on the site and buildings on surrounding property. County land development regulations require multiple - family developments to provide trees and hedges along thoroughfare plan roads (such as 13'' Street, SW and 27h Avenue) and vegetative buffers and opaque features where they abut single-family zoning districts. SEPTEMBER 7, 1999