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Residential District (DR). Duplex Residential District (D) is not an allowable zoning to be utilized for new development seeking a duplex use, but the D district was allowable under LDR. Medium Density • Residential land uses are typically characterized by apartments and condominiums, and this property meets the area lot size required for DR zoning. The subject property is surrounded by Duplex Residential District (D) and Low Density Residential districts on all sides. In accordance with Section 4.2.1.8 of the Land Development Code (LDC), DR requires the land use of Medium Density. The adjacent properties are both developed, but the right-of-way (ROW) of Hillyer Street in front of the property is not improved. One neighboring property 810 Allen, takes driveway access from Allen Street, and the neighboring property of 1103 Hillyer Street, takes access from Hillyer, through unapproved ROW access. All utilities appear to be available with water, sewer and electric adjacent to the property. Planning Department Analysis: Staff has reviewed the request for consistency with the Horizons Master Plan and the Sector 2 Plan. w 9 Horizons Master Plan Policy Statement C O y Z C O U c Policy LU-1.21: The City shall encourage new development to locate in areas Q already served by utilities and other community facilities. Re: The subject property is located in an area already served by water, wastewater and electric utilities. Policy LU-3.2: The City shall provide safe and adequate housing opportunities to meet the different housing needs of all income groups of the City's present and future populations. Q Re: The subject property has access to public utilities. Additionally, the property is adjacent to both duplex uses and the development of the subject property as medium density residential is compatible with the adjacent land uses. Planning for a mixture of housing types and densities enables people with varying needs and incomes to live in the same neighborhood. Policy LU-3.4: The City shall provide, within the framework of the Future Land Use Plan, a wide choice of owner-occupied and rental housing types that will give Q adequate housing to families and individuals of all income levels. Re: The subject property will allow infill development in an area already developed with duplex uses. Policy LU-3.8: The City shall encourage land use patterns that reflect inward functioning neighborhoods. The interior of the neighborhood units will generally Q contain low or, at the most, medium density uses. Heavy traffic generators, such as apartments or commercial uses, will be located outside neighborhoods along the designated arterials in corridors of intensified development. Re: The subject property is interior to the neighborhood and is proposes as a medium density use that will be built for a duplex. • • Page 2 of 3