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Memo to the Planning Commission/ZC 97-3/LU 97-1 <br /> July 22, 1997 <br /> Page 2 <br /> III approximately 1/4 mile frontage on Waco Street. The east half of the property <br /> is flat 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 /> The property is currently zoned Ric (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 /> North - BP (Business Park); LI (Light Industrial) <br /> South - Rid (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 /> Adjacent land uses include Sandpiper Estates, a single family residential <br /> development, to the east; Mississippi Road and Riverview Heights, a single <br /> family residential development, to the south; Waco Street and Pinewood Golf <br /> Course to the west, and undeveloped property and the Sherburne County <br /> Government Center to the north. <br /> Background <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 /> 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 BP district. <br /> The BP district allows a variety of uses, both commercial and industrial in <br /> nature. The BP district was intended to allow the commercial type uses, such <br /> as hotels/motels and class I restaurants, in areas where the underlying land <br /> use classification is commercial. Industrial type uses, such as light <br /> manufacturing and research and development laboratories, would be allowed <br /> in areas that have an underlying land use classification of light industrial. In <br /> this case, the underlying land use classification is light industrial, therefore, <br /> • the uses allowed on this property will be industrial type uses. <br /> s:\planning\scott\zc97-3.doc <br />