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Memo to Mayor and City Council <br />September 16, 1996 <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />In order to better manage the spread of strip commercial development along <br />this portion of Highway 10, a rezoning certain properties to light industrial <br />and single family residential has been initiated by the City. In doing this the <br />following will be accomplished: <br /> <br />· commercial development will be concentrated at the Jarvis <br /> Street/Highway 10 intersection <br />· some supplemental land will become available for industrial development <br /> outside the urban service area <br />· open space will be provided for at the Elk River and Ramsey boundary <br />· the number of split zoned parcels will be reduced. <br /> <br />Commercial Development <br /> <br />By concentrating commercial development around the Jarvis Street/Highway <br />10 intersection a commercial node can be created and limit the possibility of <br />strip commercial development. The draft transportation plan calls for Jarvis <br />Street to be a minor arterial and the Jarvis Street/Highway 10 intersection <br />to be signalized sometime in the future. Improvements to Jarvis Street and <br />the extension of 156 Avenue, both east and west of Jarvis, are currently <br />being considered. These factors, along with the proposed Furniture and <br />Things commercial development on the northwest corner of the intersection, <br />will provide for some solid commercial development opportunities in the <br />proposed reconfigured C3 zone. <br /> <br />There are three parcels on the northwest side of Highway 10 that because of <br />their current uses will retain the existing C3 zoning. The City recently <br />approved a conditional use permit for Highway 10 Used Auto Sales which is <br />located on one of the parcels. Schimek's Produce Market is located on the <br />other two parcels. Both of these uses are allowed in the C3 zone and not <br />allowed in the I1 zone. In order to avoid creating non-conforming uses, it is <br />not proposed that the C3 zoning of these parcels be changed at this time. <br />However, in order to reflect the long range land use plan for those three lots, <br />it is proposed to change the land use plan classification to LI (Light <br />Industrial). <br /> <br />Industrial Land <br /> <br />The supply of available industrial land within the urban service area, <br />excluding the business park zone, is close to being exhausted. The proposed <br />expansion of the light industrial zoning district would accommodate <br />industrial development opportunities along east Highway 10. This area along <br /> <br />s:Xplanning\scott\zc9615cc.doc <br /> <br /> <br />