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AttachmentD CPLUD B. OMPREHENSIVE LANANDSE ESIGNATIONS The Community Development Department finds that the land use categories in the Comprehensive Plan contain general vision statements of the sorts of things that are desired within a specific land use designation including a range of uses, but do not have specific guidance for individual parcels or developments. These thoughts, visions, and ideas are further expounded upon in the Goals and Policies sections of the Comprehensive Plan and are to be implemented over a long timeframe. The Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area is guided Community Mixed Use in the Comprehensive Plan and the uses for this land use designation include many different types, including those within the broadly defined community business land use area, or others not specifically defined here, but rather those regulated under the zoning ordinance. The Comprehensive Plan is not expected to list every potential use; that is for the zoning code to do. Instead, the Comprehensive Plan provides a general range of uses as a guide. It is as part of the zoning code adoption that more specificity is created for the actual uses allowed. The Wal-Mart project is located in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area and is guided as Community Mixed Use (CMU) in the Comprehensive Plan. Below is the description of the CMU district from the Comprehensive Plan. Community Mixed Use (CMU) Community Mixed Use areas are intended to contain a mix of complementary uses that may include housing, office, civic, commercial, park, and open space uses. Community Mixed Use areas organize uses into a cohesive district, neighborhood, or corridor, connecting uses in common structures and with sidewalks and trails, and using density, structured parking, shared parking, and other approaches to create green space and public places within the areas. The mix of land uses may include Medium- and High- Density Residential, Office, Community Business, Institutional, and Parks and Open Space uses. Residential land uses should generally represent between 25% and 50% of the overall mixed use area. The mix of uses may be in a common site, development area, or building. Individual developments may consist of a mix of two or more complementary uses that are compatible and connected to surrounding land-use patterns. To ensure that the desired mix of uses and connections are achieved, a more detailed small-area plan, master plan, and/or area-specific design principles is required to guide individual developments within the overall mixed-use area. The Community Development Department finds that the Wal-Mart project is allowed since CMU description neither restricts nor limits specific uses or sizes and further finds that the zoning code has incorporated a small-area plan and design principles to ensure the mix of uses and connections through the Twin Lake Regulating Plan contained in Chapter 1005.07 (E) of City Code in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan The description of the CMU land use district mentions Community Business uses as part of the mix of land use that could occur on the CMU guided properties. Below is the description of the Community Business land use category from the Comprehensive Plan. 6 Page6of27