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Memo to the Planning Commission/LU 97-4/ZC 97-5 July 22, 1997 Page 3 • The BP district allows a variety of uses, both commercial and industrial in nature. The BP district was intended to allow the commercial type uses, such as hotels/motels and class I restaurants, in areas where the underlying land use classification is commercial. Industrial type uses, such as light manufacturing and research and development laboratories, would be allowed in areas that have an underlying land use classification of light industrial. In this case, the underlying land use classification is light industrial, therefore, the uses allowed on this property will be industrial type uses. By amending the land use designation of this area to LI and rezoning it to BP the following will be accomplished: • expansion of the city's industrial base • allow development that is complementary and compatible with adjacent land uses • allow development at a major intersection (Main Street / Highway 169) while minimizing increases in traffic on to Main Street Expansion of industrial base The proposed land use amendment and rezoning would reflect goals and • policies identified in the Comprehensive Plan and the recently adopted Economic Development Strategic Plan. The Comprehensive Plan's policies regarding industrial development includes encouraging industrial expansion in close proximity to existing services and locating it next to an adequate transportation network; the proposed land use amendment and rezoning accomplishes this. The Economic Development Strategic Plan also identified expansion of the industrial base as one of it's major issues and goals. This area was one of the 8 areas identified in that plan as suitable for industrial development. Allow development that is complementary and compatible with adjacent land uses The uses allowed in the BP district are compatible with and complementary to existing land use and the types of uses that are allowed in the adjacent zoning districts. Many of the uses allowed in the BP district such as offices, financial institutions, class I restaurants, personal service establishments, hotels/motels, motor vehicle specialty service stations and licensed day care facilities are also allowed under the existing highway commercial zoning. However, the BP district includes performance standards such as increased • setbacks for buildings and parking areas, architectural standards, s:\planning\scott\zc97-5.doc