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Memo to Planning Commission/ZC 02-09 November 26,2002 Page 2 . Overview The applicants are requesting a rezoning of their properties from C2(Office District)to Cl. (Central Commercial).The properties are located on the west side of Jackson Avenue about 180 feet south of the entrance to Lions Park. Each lot is 100'X 150' (15,000 square feet). The land use on the property to the west of these lots is Elk River Machine;the land use to the south is the Sherburne County Highway Department;the property to the north is vacant and the properties on the east side of Jackson Avenue are single family residences. The adjacent zoning districts include C2 (Office District) to the north, C1 (Central Commercial)to the south,R2(Two Family Residential)on the east side of Jackson Avenue and PUD (Planned Unit Development) to the west. Each lot has a building on it. The building at 503 Jackson Avenue includes office space and the building at 515 Jackson Avenue includes office and retail space. The office uses are permitted uses in the C2 zoning district;the retail space is not an allowed use.However,the retail space is a permitted use in the C1 district,as is professional office space.Attached are lists of the allowed uses in the C 1 and C2 zoning districts. Analysis Purposes of the C 1 and C2 Zoning Districts • Listed below are the stated purposes of the Cl and C2 zoning districts.Both districts allow similar uses but the em phasis of the Cl district is traditional downtown uses and the emphasis of the C2 district is office and service uses. Cl District "The Central Business District(CBD)is appropriate for retail,service,and commercial uses to serve the shopping and service needs of the residents and surrounding community as distinguished from highway service uses. The CBD is intended to encourage uses and designs that are consistent with the historic character of the CBD. Emphasis should be placed on pedestrian access and design standards with flexibility to preserve the historic character of the CBD.Uses should be designed to eliminate any nuisance or incompatibility with surrounding uses." C2 District "The C-2 Office District is intended to buffer residential districts from arterial streets or from commercial districts and to provide a district which is compatible with and may reasonably adjoin residential districts. The Office District provides for the location and development of offices and other service and light commercial uses which are subject to more restrictive controls." • S:\PLANNING\Case Files\ZC 02-09 Boutin-Dahlheimer\zc02-09pc.doc