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Exhibit B A.22 Expand opportunities for a mix of uses in newly developing area and existing neighborhoods through local zoning and development regulations. (III-A-9) Findings: Using the City’s locally established process to rezone the subject property would be consistent with the above Metro Plan Design and Mixed Use policy and the site’s Mixed Use overlay designation on the Metro Plan diagram. Rezoning the site provides the ability to expand opportunities for a mix of uses within the existing downtown area by removing the existing non-conforming Industrial zoning, legitimizing existing and long-standing commercial use on the site. B.6 Increase the amount of undeveloped land zoned for light industrial and commercial uses correlating the effective supply in terms of suitability and availability with the projections of demand. (III-B-4) Findings: Although zoned I-2 for light medium industrial uses, the subject site’s decades- long commercial use would be brought into conformity with approval of the proposed rezoning, thereby increasing the amount of commercially zoned land and allowing the site’s zoning and existing and future commercial uses to correspond consistent with the above Metro Plan Economic Element policy. B.16 Utilize processes and local controls, which encourage retention of large parcels or consolidation of small parcels of industrially or commercially zoned land to facilitate their use or reuse in a comprehensive rather than piecemeal fashion. (III-B-5) Findings: The Applicant is not consolidating multiple parcels, but approval of the requested rezoning to Commercial through the established locally administered zone change process will facilitate retention of long-standing commercial uses, and ensure the viability of continued commercial uses on the subject site consistent with the above Metro Plan policy objective. B.23 Provide for limited mixing of office, commercial, and industrial uses under procedures which clearly define the conditions under which such uses shall be permitted and which: (a) preserve the suitability of the affected areas for their primary uses; (b) assure compatibility; and (c) consider the potential for increased traffic congestion. (III-B-6)