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4. Highway Commercial • The highway commercial zoning district is considered the most intensive commercial district. This zoning district is primarily found along the Highway 10 and Highway 169 corridors (Figure 5-D). The purpose of this zoning district is to provide high impact commercial uses that typically require access onto the highway system and may provide commercial opportunities for a broader area than the City of Elk River. Recently, the Highway 169 corridor has received a lot of attention by large commercial developments. This highway commercial development has the greatest impact on the rural fabric of the community. The intersections of Highway 169 and Main Street, School Street and 193rd Avenue all provide optimum opportunity for commercial. As considerations for extending water and sewer east along Highway 10 materialize, additional opportunities will arise along this corridor. However, until water and sewer is made available, the eastern corridor of Highway 10 will be susceptible to less intense land uses moving from communities further east along Highway 10. D. PLAN 1. Central Business District The Central Business District expansion includes peripheral expansion of the core area westward and infill of commercial activity between Gates Avenue and Highway 169. • Specialized retail activity should be directed to the "downtown" area in the vicinity of Jackson and Main Streets. Professional office and service facilities should be encouraged to provide redevelopment and infill along each of the corridors extending outward from Jackson and Main. Issues facing the downtown have been discussed by many groups. The Elk River Area Chamber of Commercial CBD Task Force has formulated an action plan to ensure the vitality of the Elk River Central Business District is maintained. The task force plan is attached as Appendix 2. Office District The Main Street corridor between Highway 10 and Highway 169 should continue to redevelop into office, medical and financial uses. Emphasis on locating parking areas to the rear and placing buildings close to Main Street will enhance the visual streetscape and pedestrian scale of this corridor. The office district extending north along Jackson should continue to the School Street intersection. Since this corridor will have residential on the east side, the type of office/retail use developed on the west side of Jackson will have to respect its residential neighbor. In order for these two office corridors to be successful the city will have to partner with the private sector to facilitate the redevelopment efforts. Furthermore, office development should be "limited" along the Highway 169 and Highway 10 corridor and 1111 encouraged along the Main Street and Jackson corridor.