6.2. SR 11-20-2006 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Subsection E. land Use in the Redevelopment District Present Land Use The Redevelopment District includes the parcel as shown in Exhibit A. This parcel consists of an undeveloped area of the County designated for business and industrial uses. These uses are largely consistent with the local zoning authority's comprehensive land use map and their concurrent interest in economic development. Presently the land outlined in Exhibit A is under utilized as it has recently been used for farming. With the infrastructure that surrounds this land, this land is ripe for development given the additional impetus from the County and the City of Elk River. Future Land Use The purpose of the Redevelopment District is to encourage increased business and commercial development in this area of the County and City designated for these uses. It is anticipated that installation of public improvements contemplated in and made possible by the Redevelopment Program will make possible future land uses and development within the expanded Redevelopment District including increased business and or commercial uses in the corporate campus in the Redevelopment District of the County of Sherburne's Courthouse. Subsection F. Statement of Objectives The Sherburne County Board seeks to achieve the following objectives through the creation of the Redevelopment District and the implementation of this Redevelopment Program: 1. Provide impetus for office/telecommunications development by providing the public facilities necessary to make such development possible; 2. Increase employment opportunities in the County by encouraging additional commercial and industrial development; 3. Provide employment opportunities that provide wages higher than a living wage in the County; 4. Provide adequately serviced commercial and industrial areas of the County to accommodate desirable users; 5. Preserve, enhance and diversify the tax base of the County; 6. Foster development and growth of Minnesota businesses in the County; 7. Provide an impetus for a development whose traffic patterns and buildings will have minimal impacts on the residents and surrounding properties; 8. Develop the land as a corporate campus setting with aesthetically pleasing buffers, building quality and other amenities; 9. Facilitate a development that integrates with the existing Sherburne County Government Center, including green space as well as a high building quality; 10. Facilitate a development that has minimal to low impact on the environment; 11. Foster development that maximizes the existing infrastructure, including water and sewer utilities; 12. Preserve and enhance the quality of life in the County; and 4