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• • <br />L.J <br />Staff Report Rezoning Request #~R96-001 February 15, 1996 <br />Requested for: 12.83 acre tract out of the William M. Jones Survey, A-482, which is <br />further described as being located in the 8700-8800 blocks of Fairmont <br />Parkway. (See Exhibit A) <br />Legal Description: See Exhibit B <br />Requested by: Decker McKim (owner's agent) <br />Requested Zone Change: From R-2, Mid-Density Residential to R-3, High Density <br />Residential <br />Background: The property in question, which is located on the north side of Fairmont <br />Parkway, approximately 600 feet east of Brookwood Drive, comprises a <br />portion of a large R-2, Mid-Density Residential Zone (see Exhibit C). <br />The underlying land use assigned to the tract is "Mid to High Density <br />Residential" (see Exhibit D). As noted, the applicant is Y, , ~ x~ :, <br />• rezoning to R-3, High Density Residential. <br />In acting upon a rezoning Request, the Planning and Zoning Commission <br />and in turn, City Council, are charged to consider the following factors: <br />• Was the zoning designation placed on the property <br />reasonable at the time zoning was originally assigned? <br />• Was any error made in the assignment of the original <br />zoning designation? <br />• Have there been any changes in the area that warrant a <br />change to the zoning designation? <br />• Is the requested designation compatible with the intent and <br />goals of the City's Comprehensive Plan? <br />It is the burden of the applicant to demonstrate whether any of these <br />criteria have been satisfied. <br />Analysis: The area in which the subject tract is located is one that, based on the criteria <br />established by the City's Comprehensive Plan, is suitable for either the present <br />R-2, or the requested R-3 zoning. <br />