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Memo to the Mayor and City Council <br />August 18, 1997 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />The BP district allows a variety of uses, both commercial and light industrial <br />in nature. The BP district was intended to allow the commercial type uses, <br />such as hotels/motels and class I restaurants, in areas where the underlying <br />land use classification is commercial. Office and light industrial type uses, <br />such as business offices, research and development laboratories and light <br />manufacturing would be allowed in areas that have an underlying land use <br />classification of light industrial. In this case, the underlying land use <br />classification is proposed to be light industrial, therefore, the uses allowed on <br />this property will be office and light industrial type uses. <br /> <br />By amending the land use designation of this area to LI and rezoning it to BP <br />the following will be accomplished: <br /> <br /> expansion of the city's industrial base <br />· allow development that is complementary and compatible with adjacent <br /> land uses <br />· allow development at a major intersection (Main Street / Highway 169) <br /> while minimizing increases in traffic on to Main Street <br /> <br />Expansion of industrial base <br /> <br />The proposed land use amendment and rezoning would reflect goals and <br />policies identified in the Comprehensive Plan and the recently adopted <br />Economic Development Strategic Plan. The Comprehensive Plan's policies <br />regarding industrial development includes encouraging industrial expansion <br />in close proximity to existing services and locating it next to an adequate <br />transportation network; the proposed land use amendment and rezoning <br />accomplishes this. <br /> <br />The Economic Development Strategic Plan also identified expansion of the <br />industrial base as one of it's major issues and goals. This area was one of the <br />8 areas identified in that plan as suitable for industrial development. <br /> <br />Allow development that is complementary and compatible with adjacent land <br />uses <br /> <br />Many of the uses that might be allowed on this site under the business park <br />zoning classification, such as a business office, research and development <br />laboratories and light manufacturing, would be complementary and <br />compatible with the adjacent highway commercial zoning to the north and <br />west and the light industrial zoning to the south. These same uses, even <br />though they may not be entirely compatible with the residential zoning to the <br />east, would probably have less of an impact than would a shopping center or <br /> <br />\\elkriver\sys\shrdockplanning\scott\zc97-Scc.doc <br /> <br /> <br />