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findings in connection with approval of a text amendment to the Willow Creek S ecial Area .. p Study pertaining to the site, the City Council finds as follows: Zone Change Criterion #1: EC 9.675 a : The uses and densi that will be allowed in the location of the ro osed char e can be served throw h orderl and efficient extension of ke urban facilities and services rescribed in the Metro olitan Area General Plan and are consistent with the rinci les of tom act and se uential rowth• All key utility facilities and services ~e.g., water, sewer} are currently available to the Westec site. Stormwater facilities were constructed in conjunction with development of Willow Creek Road. The Willow Creek area has been identified as a potential nodal development site as art of the p TransPlan update process. [Pg. 262j The change in zoning will enhance the area's function as an employment node by providing a complementary commercial services adjacent to the industrial firms and residences the proposed commercial village is intended to serve. The conce t of . p consolidating complementary services within conveiuent walking distance in this substantial employment center will promote the principles of compact and sequential growth. Although the ~-1 zoning district currently permits a certain range of commercial uses, there is a distinct limit to the type and amount of commercial activity. The 1-1 zone allows commercial services such as restaurants and banks, but limits square faotages for such support services to 24% of the gross floor area of the industrial park. The commercial uses proposed are generall Y not allowed in industrial zones. The nearest undeveloped commercial land is located on west 1 lth Avenue, east of Beltline Highway. Given the distance from the Westec site, this area is identified as a separate and distinct nodal development area from the Willow Creek Em to ment PY Center. ~Pg. 262 Based on the information provided above, the proposed zone change will be consistent with the above criterion. Zone Change Criterion #Z; EC 9.678 b :The ro osed than a is consistent with the Metro olitan Area General Plan a licable text s ecific elements related to the uses listed in the ro osed zonin districts and a licable land use deli nations. The written text of the Plan takes recedence over the Plan dia am where a anent conflicts or inconsistencies exist' and Discussion of consistency of the zone change with the Metro Plan is provided as part of the evaluation of the Metro Plan amendment and is incorporated herein and made a part of the findings for the zone change by this reference as if fully set forth here. The zone change to C-2, General Commercial, is consistent with the amended Metro Plan land use designation of Commercial. 12