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The single-family zoning of the SOM Center frontage is in- compatible with the surrounding uses of the property in the area, does not reflect the existing character of those uses, and cannot be developed for any purpose whatsoever under the existing zoning ~. classifications. There are no benefits to the village (indeed one witness testified it was a detriment) to retain the single-family zoning of the subject land, and there are no benefits to the owners, since it cannot be used for any purpose under such a classifica- tion. In respect to the office-laboratory zoning of the property, similiar situation prevails. That zoning category requires inap- propriately large lots and would result in an uneconomic subdivi- sion of the land. Access is limited to Beta Drive, thus resultin in undesirable odd-sized lots with non-existent marketing capa- bilities. All witnesses. except the traffic engineer, testified that a reasonable or appropriate use of the 14.06 acres of the subject property would be within the production-distribution zoning classification of the village. This zoning category would benefit the owners by enabling them to use their property for a reasonable purpose, and would benefit the city through substantial real es- tats, income and personal property tax revenues, be an extension of the existing uses to the west:. of the property, and provide a controlled access to the-14.06 acres o~ the subject property to avoid dangerous ingress and egress, to SOM Center Road. II. ~ COLICLUSIONS OF LAW