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Amendment Application No. 2013 -01 November 25, 2013 Page 3 AutoZone is proposing to develop a 7,370 square foot retail store on the parcel at 1735 North Grand Avenue. This application, DP No. 2011 -27, is being reviewed ministerially by staff. The current zoning designation for this property is Single - Family Residence (R1) which does not allow retail sales, while the General Plan land use designation is General Commercial (GC). Retail sales are permitted by right within the Arterial Commercial (C5) zoning district, with the AutoZone project able to move forward if the zone change is approved. General Plan and Zoning Consistency The subject site contains nine properties that have a General Plan land use designation of (GC), which allows for commercial uses such as the existing animal hospital, office, restaurant and auto servicing uses. General Commercial districts are primarily located on commercial corridors and major arterial roadways in the City such as Grand Avenue. Properties along the General Commercial corridors provide commercial and /or service uses accessible from the City's major arterial streets, such as Grand Avenue. The type of uses found in the General Commercial corridors support residents and visitors of the City. The subject parcels are zoned Single - Family Residence (R1) and Two - Family Residence (R2), which allow single- family and two - family dwellings. These designations are not consistent with the current land use designation of General Commercial (GC), which has been in place since 1998. Approval of the amendment application will create consistency between the zoning designations and the General Plan land use designation. Proiect Analysis The inconsistency between the subject sites' General Plan Land Use designation and the zoning has impeded past development interest on the project site, the most recent of which has been by Auto Zone which proposes to construct a retail store at 1735 North Grand Avenue. The inconsistency between the zoning designations, which allow residential uses, and the commercial land use designation prohibits future development of the site. To facilitate commercial development and to create consistency between the land use and zoning designations, an amendment application is needed to change the zoning of these properties from Single - Family Residence (R1) and Two - Family Residence (R2) to Arterial Commercial (C5)(Exhibit 4). The existing R1 and R2 zoning of these properties are intended to facilitate the construction of residential development on these sites, such as single- family dwellings and duplexes, The R1 and R2 zoning designations have been in place since at least 1959 with a consistent Low Density Residential (LR7) General Plan land use designation. In 1998, the City approved a citywide General Plan amendment, with the land use designation for these properties changed to General Commercial (GC) to be consistent with land uses found on major arterial streets. 75B -5