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parkridge Development, Case No. 2471 Page 3 other details of the plan are considered. selecting one set of criteria, a positive conclusion could be reached; using different criteria, the opposite could be found. The larger context of the site includes higher density development (townhouses and condominiums) in the quadrant northeast of the intersection of Dale street and County Road C (see Context Plan). Vacant land in the southeast quadrant of that intersection is guided DR High Density Residential. West of Dale street, the area consists of. single-family neighborhoods wi th Central Park to the south. Closer in, the site is bounded by a busy County road on the north, a large institutional use (the American Legion) to the southwest, and the park to the south. This mix of adjacent uses might be compatible with a medium density 4evelopment. Immediately adjacent to the site, however, are single-family homes to the west, east, and north across County Road C. The proposed project would build 29 new housing units whose sole street access is to County Road C. These considerations would argue for continued low density development. The project is designed with a U-shaped private street accessing County Road C. Mr. Kehr has attempted to purchase the adjacent lot to the east (Borgstrom property) and other properties out to Dale street. It has been suggested that all or part of the American Legion property may be redeveloped some day. The Parkridge project is designed to be able to connect easily either to the east or west, if these properties become available. The question of the ultimate extension of this land use into the whole block of properties bounded by County Road C, Dale street, Central Park, and the American Legion is crucial to the decision on this proj ect. This was true when the previous proj ect was proposed. A condition of approval suggested in the 1985 application was the acquisition of roadway easements through the neighboring properties east to Dale street. This would have provided an east-west through street south of county Road C to serve this development. Testimony of the city's planner, Howard Dahlgren, in the 1985 case notes: "City representatives consistently emphasized to [Mr. Kehr] that the reasonableness of his project was dependent upon the extension of a higher densi ty of housing development easterly through contiguous properties to Dale street. However, the property owners whose property would have been so affected did not support the proj ection of such use on and through their properties. In fact, some of these affected property owners stated strong opposition to such project development.