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addition to the present uses, should these areas become available for redevelopment, in • <br />which case these properties will be eligible for reclassification. <br />Mixed Use Commercial/Residential <br />The new multi-use complex at Falcon Heights Town Square in the southeast quadrant of <br />the Snelling/Larpenteur Commercial Core is unlikely to be the only such development in <br />Falcon Heights. Recognizing the projected need for approximately 250 additional <br />housing units in Falcon Heights in the next twenty years, it is the City's intent to <br />encourage additional residential capacity combined, as appropriate, with commercial use, <br />if redevelopment is proposed for any properties in the Larpenteur Corridor. In addition to <br />the existing categories of commercial/business use, the City intends to establish a new <br />flexible multi-use category as an overlay district where infill development is likely to be <br />proposed. <br />CommerciaUBusiness Districts Goals and Policies <br />CommercialBusiness Goals <br />1. To allow an appropriate range of businesses that satisfy the convenience goods and <br />service needs of residents. <br />2. To ensure maximum compatibility with adjacent neighborhoods. . <br />3. To ensure access and safety for pedestrians and those using non-motorized <br />transportation <br />4. To improve the image and function of the Larpenteur Corridor and the commercial <br />core at Snelling/Larpenteur. <br />5. To improve access, traffic circulation and on-site parking for the Commercial Core at <br />Snelling/Larpenteur. <br />6. To provide convenient parking in sufficient amounts to meet parking demand. <br />7. To provide high density mixed use development close to bus transit routes when <br />larger sites are redeveloped. <br />CommercialBusiness Policies <br />1. Guide development toward existing neighborhood/ convenience commercial areas in <br />clusters rather than in strip developments along major streets. <br />2. Require health impact assessments and environmental impact assessments for new <br />development or redevelopment. <br />3. Require sufficient parking but encourage shared parking with other land uses to <br />minimize hard surface coverage and improve the visual appearance of parking areas. • <br />4. Promote attractive parking areas and infiltration by requiring landscaped traffic <br />islands and setback areas. <br />Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan 2008 Draft -January, 2008 Part II: Land Use & Housing, Page II-34 <br />