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.,p . . commercial establishment irrespective of who was there first. To consider a residential use, such as proposed in The Meadows at Coal Creek, immediately adjacent to established commercial zoning would invite and predictably create the conflict described above. It is the responsibility of the developer to take into consideration the surrounding land uses in formulating a land use plan and it is the responsibility of the planning commission to assure that such plans are not only good for the community as a whole but are reasonably compatible with the area they are proposed for. It appears to me that the current plans for The Meadows at Coal Creek have basically ignored the potential for conflict of land use and have placed the responsibility on adjoining land owners, such as ourselves, to defend the rights and uses under the zoning that we have previously been granted. A proposal to place a new commercial development adjacent tat an existing residential area would probably not be looked o~ too favorably for many of the reasons already cited. $0, ~ should a proposal to place a residential use adjacent to an ; existing commercial area be looked on anymore favorably? The end result would be the same, only the complaints and concerns would be heard in an after the fact situation where substantial economic harm would be imposed on one party or the other in order to rectify the situation. We only ask that the burden of compatibility and reasonable planning be placed on the applicant for a new use and not on the owners of existing uses. Of course, there is always the possibility that the existing use, in our case a commercial zoned parcel, could be changed to a more compatible use that would provide the needed transition or buffer zone. However, such a change would also require a change in zoning that would allow some form of multi-family or high density residential zoning. AlthouQp we are not advocating such a zoning change, nor do we fe&l~hat changing commercial zoning to residential zoning La acceptable to the current City Council, such an alternative may be necessary if non-compatible land uses are allowed to establish themselves next to each other. We have other concerns with the proposal but at this stage of the process, we feel that the main issue is definitely one of compatibility. At the appropriate time, we would also like to comment on drainage from our property through the proposed sub-division, location of the west entrance road in relation to our established access point, interior street layout and the use of a right of way as consideration for open space dedication requirements.