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'N A^'^2.MATI TN ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS WWW.TWINCITIES.COM ROSEMOUNT City uts development p issues on agenda Council sets one-year moratorium to consider rezoning issues BY NANCY NGO intersection, a land-use study Pioneer Press group of Planning Commission r' --. and City Council members as DAKOTA Move over, Eagan and Apple well as property owners will COUNTY Valley. Neighboring Rosemount make suggestions for commer- r could be the next hot spot for vial growth in the city's eastern EM N 'NV" was commercial development. end. � Na6ar3 sz' h2rssrssryrp,, In a city where the majority Most of Rosemount's cur- _ —" giver of land is agricultural and indus- rently developed land is in the rn ;ROSEMOUNT r-- trial,the Rosemount City Coon- west, while the remaining two 0 2-,) cil instituted a one-year morato- thirds are largely used for agri- , twr rium on new development near culture and some industrial. 1 77 the intersection of County Road Areas of study will include iAsx P.utPM" Moratorium 42 and U.S.52 to look into rezon- County Road 42 and Akron PIONEER PRESS ing land for future commercial Avenue, which has been identi- use. fled as a potential site for a com- The moratorium was mercial district. The study will rezoning must occur to allow for approved this month after a look into rezoning the land more commercial and retail trucking firm expressed interest along County Road 42 between development. in building on the southeast cor- Akron Avenue and U.S. 52, Currently, about 150 acres of ner of the intersection slated for which includes University of land in the city are designated mixed industrial. Because the Minnesota and Flint Hills for retail and commercial use busy intersection has the poten- Resources refinery property. while 6,000 acres are agricultur- tial to become one of Rose- Flint Hills Resources is part al. mount's commercial hubs, the of the study group, and Businesses seem eager for city decided to place a construe- spokesman John Holland said rezoning.In the past year alone, tion ban to make sure the right the company wants to work three hotel and motel owners fit is found for the land. with the city to make sure have approached the city about "It's an extremely important future development is compati- building in the area but were transportation corridor," said ble with existing businesses. turned away because not Kim Lindquist,Rosemount com- The study group is expected enough land was designated for munity development director to make suggestions to the City commercial and retail. "The state has started develop- Council next month. Public "We're looking at marketing ing plans for an interchange at meetings to gather community the city, but to do that we need that corner. Knowing that's input are planned for early next inventory," Droste said. "It's under way kind of prompted the year. hard to tell people to come here City Council to talk about Rosemount Mayor Bill if we don't have space avail- whether there would be a more Droste said the city has added able." appropriate land use in that 230 to 440 homes a year since area. We're probably going to 2000 and that it needs to offer Nancy Ngo can he reached at look at some commercial uses." more commercial and retail nngo @pioneerpress.com In addition to developing the services for residents. However, or 651-228-51 72.