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Country Ridge Partnership Request Page 2 Memo to Planning Commission October 25, 1994 • time forwarded a recommendation to the City Council to approve the Business Park zone over the entire 150+ acres. Subsequently, on October 17th, the City Council supported the Planning Commission's recommendation and approved Ordinance No. 94- , rezoning the subject property to Business Park. At the same time the application to rezone the affected properties to Business Park was being processed, Country Ridge Partnership was also requesting that a portion of their property be considered as C3 (Highway Commercial). At the City Council meeting on October 17th, the Council indicated that they were not opposed to commercial, however, were concerned about where and how big the commercial would be. It was further explained to the City Council that under the Business Park Zoning Ordinance, a certain amount of commercial is allowed which, to a certain extent may satisfy Country Ridge Partnership's commercial needs for the area. However, Jay Johnson of Country Ridge Partnership indicated that some of the standards and limiting uses in the Business Park presented a concern. Therefore, as a follow-up to the action just taken by the City Council, Country Ridge Partnership is proceeding forward with a formal application requested the City's consideration to rezone a portion of their property from • the current zoning designation of BP (Business Park) to C3 (Highway Commercial). Along with that rezoning request comes a Comprehensive Land Use Plan amendment which would change the land use designation from its current status of LI (Light Industrial) to HB (Highway Business). ANALYSIS As mentioned earlier, the existing zoning of Business Park does allow a certain amount of commercial activity. The allowable commercial is intended to complement the Business Park uses by providing service-type retail. This retail development could also serve those same opportunities to the surrounding residential area. Therefore, it has always been anticipated that there will be a certain amount of commercial activity focused toward the intersection of Highway 10 and Joplin to provide those intended services for the area. Without question, the main issue regarding the retail element of the Business Park zone is to allow enough retail to complement the Business Park, yet remain secondary to the overall idea of the Business Park. The rezoning request by Country Ridge Partnership involves approximately 13 acres of which a majority is fronting along Highway 10. The balance of the property was included in the recent rezoning to Business Park and would III have the opportunity to be developed under those current standards. Some of s:planning:pc:lua94-8