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na 600K F;A J1 -J Zoning District Differences As noted in the county's land development regulations, the CG zoning district is intended to accommodate general retail sales and selected service activities. The OCR zoning district, however, is oriented to less intense uses. According to county regulations, the OCR zoning district is designed for office, commercial, and residential development that is compatible with nearby neighborhoods. Permitted uses within the OCR zoning district include professional offices and residences. Residential uses within the OCR zoning district must meet the requirements of the RM -6 zoning district. Most retail, service, and other intense commercial uses are prohibited within the OCR zoning district. The difference between the CG and OCR zoning districts is best illustrated by the respective purpose statements of the two districts. These purpose statements, found in the land development regulations, are as follows: CG, General Commercial District, is intended to provide areas for the development of general retail sales and selected service activities. The CG district is not intended to provide for heavy commercial activities, such as commercial service uses, heavy repair services nor industrial uses. OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential District, is intended to provide areas for the development of restricted office, commercial, and residential activities in a manner which will be compatible with surrounding neighborhoods. The OCR district is further intended to provide land use controls for ensuring the separation of potentially incompatible activities, such as intense commercial uses, from established residential areas. In this section, an analysis of the reasonableness of the rezoning request will be presented. Specifically, this section will include: • an analysis -of the request's impact on public facilities; • an analysis of the request's consistency with the county's comprehensive plan; • an analysis of the request's compatibility with the surrounding area; and • an analysis of the request's potential impact on environmental quality. 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 also requires 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 concurrency 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 of the subject property based upon the February 15, 2000 W.