Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2024 11 14

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• Staff find that the request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, as it allows for reinvestment while maintaining compatibility with existing neighborhood character (Principle NH-4, p. 38). The request also addresses the City's Housing Plan Goal 1 to Increase Residential Development Opportunities (Housing Plan p. 4). • Staff find that the request is consistent with the Highway 42 Framework Plan which calls for no significant change to the Miners Field neighborhood, recommending future development be consistent with R-M zoning densities set at 12 dwelling units per acre (du/ac) (p. 46 of Framework Plan). The proposed subdivision and subsequent future development of three single- family homes is approximately 11 du/ac. • Staff find that the application is consistent with all applicable zoning requirements except where modifications have been requested as described in this report. 3. Whether the proposed subdivision will promote the purposes set forth in section 16.04.020 of this Code and comply with the standards set forth in chapter 16.16 of this Code and this title. • Staff find that the application will promote the purposes in LMC 16.04.020, including promoting orderly growth and harmonious development, protecting the character of the city, and regulating the land on the basis of the impact thereof on the surrounding area. • Staff find that the application is consistent with all the standards set forth in LMC Chapter 16.16 except in the requested modifications that are addressed below in the Modification Criteria evaluation section. Modification Criteria: LMC Section 16.24.030 establishes the following criteria for consideration of modifications to final plats; applications must also comply with LMC Section 16.04.020 (Purpose, discussed above) and LMC Section 16.24.010 (Modifications). 1. LMC Section 16.24.010-Modifications: The city council, upon advice of the planning commission, may authorize modifications where a subdivider proposes a plat that does not fully comply with the regulations in this title or title 17. No modification shall be granted if it would be detrimental to the public good or impair the basic intent and purposes of this title or title 17. Any modification granted shall be in keeping with the intent of the comprehensive development plan of the city. • The Residential Medium (R-M) and Old Town Overlay (OTO) zoning in Title 17 addresses neighborhood character through standards related to lot size, lot width, and building mass, scale, and design. Title 16 (Subdivisions) establishes minimum lot widths and depths for subdivisions. This proposal includes modifications to lot size, lot width, and lot depth. However, those modifications would have a minimal effect on density and mass, and no effect on scale or design. 7