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A. The proposed zone is appropriate for the Comprehensive Plan land use designation on the property and is consistent with the description and policies for the applicable Comprehensive Plan land use classification. B. Adequate public facilities, services, and transportation networks are in place, or are planned to be provided concurrently with the development of the property. C. The request shall be consistent with the purpose statement for the proposed zone. D. If the proposed zone allows uses more intensive than uses in other zones appropriate for the land use designation, the proposed zone will not allow uses that would significantly adversely affect allowed uses on adjacent properties zoned for less intensive uses. 7. The existing designation in the Salem Area Comprehensive Plan is Multi -Family Residential, and this Plan designation provides for the application of the RM zone proposed by the applicant. The criterion in 6(A) is met. 8. The site is served by city water and sewer service. All other needed public facilities and services are in place or will be made available to support the proposed use. The criterion in 6(B) is met. The RM (Multiple Family Residential) zone purpose statement listed under MCC 16.04.000 states: "The RM (multiple family residential) zone is primarily intended to provide for multiple family dwellings on a lot, or attached dwellings on separate lots, at residential densities greater than permitted in the RL zone. Other uses compatible with residential development are also appropriate. RM zones are located in areas designated as multiple family residential or an equivalent designation in the applicable urban area comprehensive plan and are provided with urban services. They are suited to locations near commercial office and retail zones and along collector and arterial streets. " The submitted site plan and statement indicates that the applicant's intended use is consistent with uses allowed in the zone. The proposal meets the criterion in 6(C). 10. The RL zone is the most restrictive zone consistent with the Multi -Family Residential Comprehensive Plan designation. The proposed RM zone allows the same types of uses as the RL zone but at a higher density. The subject parcel is adjacent to a property within the RM zone. An existing single-family development within the RS (Single -Family Residential) zone is located on the east side of 45`h Avenue, but there are also multi -family developments within the zone and in the vicinity. Development standards listed in the RM zone, such as setbacks and landscaping, are intended to buffer uses allowed in the zone from adjacent residential uses that have lower density. Development on the property is also subject to general development standards in Chapters 26 through 40 of the MCC. The proposal will comply with the criteria listed in 6(D). CONCLUSION: 11. Staff recommends approval of the proposal. Should the hearings officer grant the applicant's request for the change in zone from UD to RM and the requested adjustments, the Planning Division recommends the following conditions be applied: (a) The applicant shall obtain all permits required by the Marion County Building Inspection Division. (b) The following conditions, recommended by Public Works Land Development Engineering and Permits Division (LDEP), shall be met prior to final building inspection: