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Memo to the Planning Commission/LU 97-4/ZC 97-5 July 22, 1997 Page 2 • North - C3 (Highway Commercial); HB (Highway Business) South - I1 (Light Industrial); LI (Light Industrial) East - C3 (Highway Commercial); HB (Highway Business) West - R3 (Townhouse/Multiple Family) and C2 (Office District; HR (High Density Residential), MR (Medium Density Residential) and CB (Central Business) Existing land uses include a chiropractic office fronting on Main Street, there is a billboard on the corner of Main Street and Highway 169 and the remainder of the property is undeveloped. Adjacent land uses include the United Power Association facility and the City of Elk River sewage treatment plant to the south, Highway 169 and a mobile home park to the east and Main street and a SuperAmerica convenience store to the north. To the west of the county ditch is a mix of land uses including land that is undeveloped, duplexes and single family residences. The property has approximately 1000 feet of frontage on Highway 169. The physical characteristics of the property includes a wooded berm along Highway 169, a county ditch, which forms the western boundary of the area under consideration. Behind the berm the property drops off to the ditch. There appears to have been some filling of the area behind the berm. Except • for the pines trees on the berm and the landscaping and trees around the chiropractor's office, there is very little vegetation on the property. Changing the land use designation and rezoning this area would not impact the existing chiropractor's office. Professional offices are a permitted use in the BP (Business Park) district Background Most of the property was rezoned from R3 to C3 in February 1996. The area that was the subject of that rezoning is owned by Earl Hohlen; the property that includes the chiropractor's office was not included in that rezoning. The 1996 rezoning was initiated so that the zoning would be consistent with the 1995 changes in the land use map. On May 19,1997 the City Council adopted an Economic Development Strategic Plan. The City initiated this rezoning request in order to implement some of the goals and priorities identified in that plan. One of the major issues identified in the economic development plan was to increase the city's industrial base. This area was identified as an area that was suitable for the type of development allowed in the BP (Business Park) zone. Attached is a • list of the uses allowed BP district. s:\planning\scott\zc97-5.doc