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One is tluough initiatiou by ordinance in council. The other is initiation by the Plauning Commissiou recomnending to council the property be rezoned. When the Plauning Commission exercises that function it should be looking closely at the City's Master Plan. City Charter requires the Plauuing Commission, when it makes a recommendation, to protect the zoniug of parcels and that it follows the Master Plan to the greatest extent practical. That is very important when exercising theu function here. Secoudly keep in inind the request for the rezoning of this property should not be considered iu coujuuction with the present use of tbis property, property uses do change. This should also not ouly be looked at in this small area of the city. Because you are a plamiing body and wheu you look at a proposal like this, in which a property owner is proposing to extend the retail zone of the city into the residential zone, you should consider what our city looks lilce up aud dovvn both sides of Lorain Road. We have retail on both sides of Lorain Road and residential to the South and North of those zones. To start making changes in those zone ]ines, iu esseuce what would happen here if it was rezoned, the zone line would have to be changed, parcels would have to be split up. You would be effecting change in the composition of the zone line Uetween retail and residential which could have impact up and down Lorain Road for other owners who wish to exteud the zone line North or South. So when you do make your recomnendation keep those tluugs iu mind. Mr. Asseff wanted to comment on what other people have stated at tlus mneeting tonight. T1iat is, the zoning arguments that you would make for chaugiug rezouing in the city goes back to what the City's IVlaster Plan is. Whether a particular owner is going to make mouey by changing the zoning on a piece of property is not a relevant argumeut. As the law departineut has stated you have to resign yourself if you change the zouing on a piece of property for auy permitted use to occur, you can't look at it in terms of its only going to Ue a trailer. It may not be a trailer two years fiom now and if you change the zoniug to general business any perinitted use uuder general business would become an option for use on that property. We inust consider beyond the immediate proposal. Mr. Tallon motioned to recoimnend to couucil that the proposal to rezone easterly 148' feet not the entue pei7nanent parcel numbers 232-10-050 & 232-10-051 from the existing B-residence single zone to retail business general zone. Location is East side of Porter Road approximately 500' feet North of Loraiu Road. Note that the proposal, without re-platting, creates a"split zoning" conclitiou of both parcels. We recommend to the cou.ncil not to rezone this parcel and we are going to cite our Master Plan as showiug tlus as a residential area and should remain resideutial. Also to create a split zouing is uot iu the best interest of the city. Seconded by T. Brennen and uuanimous].y approved. MOTION CARRIED. V. COMMUNICATIONS: No Items VI. CONIlVIITTEE REPORTS: No Iteins VII. NIINOR CIIANGES: No Iteins VIII. NEW BUSINESS: No Iteius IX. OLD BUSINESS: No Iteins 3