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Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes October 11, 2022 This land use district was created as a direct result of the County's systematic area planning process. As a reaction to the growth of the past decade,many residents are anxious to see their areas retain the appeal that inspired the resident tomake his or her original investment. The district helps implement a growth managementphilosophy before the fact, rather than after. In summary, the principalpurpose of this districtis to provide some land area in the County for a permanent country, rural residential life style. The subject property is located within the boundaries of the sPlanning Areafor Midland.The Midland Area Land Use Plan (MALUP) recommends the subject property be developed with limited commercial uses.The MALUP states that the Limited Commercial district is reflective of the existing commercial uses in Midland.These areas shall be a variety of commercial uses ranging in intensity and will not incorporate residential areas. Large-scale commercial development in these areas should be considered carefully on a case-by-case basis. The front portion of the site is currently vacant; however,as he stated before,the rear of the site is occupied by two storage buildings. According to aerial photo data, the front of the subject property has always been vacant, and the two accessory buildings appear to have been placed on the subject property sometime between 2001 and 2005. The rear portion of the subject property is zoned CR while the front portion of the subject property is zoned LC.It has been zoned this way since 2003 when the rear portion of the lot was zoned Low Density Residential (LDR). In reference to this next sentence in the Staff report, he would like to clarify that the mapfrom 1987,was actually from the land use planat that time, so the entire property was recommended for LowDensity Residential usesat that time,andnotactuallyzoned as such. Currently, the front portion of the lot would be considered a conforming lot under the LC zoning designation.However, if the entire lot were rezoned to CR, it would no longer be considered a conforming lot as it is less than one acre in size and the minimum average lot width is less than 150 feet. Rezoning the subject property would allow the property owner to construct a residence on the property. The applicant states in his application that the lot is too small to accommodate a commercial use and that a commercial use is not consistent with the surrounding properties. According to the historic zoning maps, the front portion of the subject property appears to have been zoned LC since 1993.The rear portion of the subject property was zoned LDR until 2005 when it was changed to CR.The LC zoning district does not permit single-familyresidential uses. 3