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#R 07-003 P&Z 4/19/07 Page 2 on Analvsis: The neighborhood commercial classification is intended to provide for the establishment of local centers for convenient, limited office retail or service outlines which deal directly with the customer for whom the goods or services are furnished These centers are to provide services and goods only for the sWTounding neighborhoods and are not intended to draw customers from the other geographic areas. Some of the uses allowed in a Neighborhood Commercial District: Antique stores Hardware stores Doctors and dentists offices Parking Garages and Ramps Drugstores Personal services Eating places Professional offices Financial Recreational facilities Relationship to the Comprehensive Plan needs to be emphasized as much as possible. In considering this request, Staff has reviewed the applicable chapters of the Comprehensive Plan. These chapters include; land use, transportation, utilities, and redevelopment strategy. Land Use - The Land Use Plan indicates this area envisioned as developing for connnercial uses along Fairmont Parkway. The tract in question is within the vicinity of residentiallconnnercial establishments all along the major roads. Confonnance of a zoning request with the land use plan is one consideration among several criteria to be considered in approving or denying an application. Other criteria may include: . Character of the sWTOunding and adjacent areas; · Existing use of nearby properties, and extent to which a land use classification would be in harmony with such existing uses or the anticipated use of the properties; · Suitability of the property for the uses to which would be permissible, considering density, access and circulation, adequacy of public facilities and services, and other considerations; · Extent to which the designated use of the property would harm the value of adjacent land use classifications; · Extent to which the proposed use designation would adversely affect the capacity or safety of that portion of the road network influenced by the use;