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Memo to the Mayor and City Council/ZC 97-3 <br />October 20, 1997 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />is fiat and is row crops; the west half is gently rolling; a portion is used by the <br />Pinewood Golf Course as a driving range the remainder is row crops. There is <br />a wooded ridge that runs north to south that splits the property. <br /> <br />The property is currently zoned Rlc (Single Family Residential) and has a <br />land use designation of MR (Medium Density Residential). The adjacent <br />zoning and land use designations are as follows: <br /> <br />North - BP (Business Park); LI (Light Industrial) <br />South -Rld (Single Family Residential); MR (Medium Density Residential) <br />East -Rlb (Single Family Residential); MR (Medium Density Residential) <br />West - Rlc (Single Family Residential); MR (Medium Density Residential) <br /> <br />Adjacent land uses include Sandpiper Estates, a single family residential <br />development, to the east; ]and uses on the south side include Mississippi <br />Road, property that is wooded and undeveloped and Riverview Heights, a <br />single family residential development; Waco Street and Pinewood Golf <br />Course to the west, and undeveloped property and the Sherburne County <br />Government Center to the north. <br /> <br />Backeround <br /> <br />The property directly to the north was rezoned to BP in 1994 as part of <br />implementing the business park concept identified in the 1990 Focus Area <br />Study, to reflect the underlying light industrial land use designation and to <br />prepare for anticipated development expected when municipal services are <br />extended to the area. <br /> <br />On May 19,1997 the City Council adopted an Economic Development <br />Strategic Plan. The City initiated this rezoning request in order to implement <br />some of the goals and priorities identified in that plan. One of the major <br />issues identified in the economic development plan was to increase the city's <br />industrial base. This area was identified as an area that was suitable for the <br />type of development allowed in the BP (Business Park) zone. Attached is a <br />list of the uses allowed in the BP district. <br /> <br />The BP district allows a variety of uses, both commercial and industrial in <br />nature. The BP district is intended to allow for commercial type uses, such as <br />hotels/motels, retail sales oriented uses and class I restaurants, in areas <br />where the underlying land use classification is commercial. This will <br />typically occur at intersections such as Waco and Highway 10 and Joplin and <br />Highway 10. Industrial type uses, such as light manufacturing and research <br />and development laboratories, would be allowed in areas that have an <br />underlying land use classification of light industrial. In this case, the <br /> <br />f:\shrdoc\planning\scott\zc97-3cc.doc <br /> <br /> <br />