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The Westside Neighborhood Plan further refines the Metro Plan diagram by designating the Kaufman House for residential and mixed use. The description of the Eastern Residential/Mixed Use area includes the following text: "The portion of this area west of Washington Street is characterized by a mix of older single-family and duplex structures and newer large apartment buildings. There are also two social institutions and the Kaufman Senior Center" (page 3-7). The text goes on to describe the zoning history in the area. In general, the Planning Department, Hearings Official, and Planning Commission have approved rezone requests to mixed use only east of Washington Street. However, the text supports a rezone to Historic Special Area Zone for the Kaufman House, given its recognition in the Westside Neighborhood Plan as an existing non-residential use, its location within the Eastern Residential/Mixed Use Area, and the presence of the mixed uses symbol on the Metro Plan diagram. Applicable Westside Neighborhood Plan Policies Eastern Residential/Mixed Use Area Policy 1: This area shall continue to be recognized as appropriate for medium density residential development. Although there is currently a mixture of land uses in the area, any further rezonings that would promote the conversion of residential uses to nonresidential uses shall be discouraged The Kaufman House is not currently and has not been for the past 30 years, in residential use. Therefore, adoption of the SAZ will not cause the conversion of a residential use to a nonresidential use. On the contrary, the SAZ will enable adaptive reuse of the Kaufman House structure, should senior services be discontinued, without meeting minimum density requirements contained in the R-2 and R-3 zones. The intent of the proposed SAZ is not to expand nonresidential uses where they currently do not exist, but rather to allow a limited range of nonresidential uses consistent with the intensity of use currently occurring at the Kaufman House. Neighborhood Character and Design Policy 1: Identify and encourage preservation of the significant cultural resources and unique features of the neighborhood including buildings, sites, structures, objects, street trees, and landscape features. The Kaufman House is a significant cultural resource and unique feature of the neighborhood. The proposed code language protects the building, site, and landscape features in direct support of this neighborhood character and design policy. (3) The uses and density that will be allowed by the proposed zoning in the location of the proposed change can be served through the orderly extension of key urban facilities and services. Exhibit C - 4