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<br />35 <br /> <br /> <br />The existing industrial services would be better located in areas of the community that are guided <br />and zoned for industrial use. While many of the current landowners have managed to maintain <br />their facilities to avoid the prospects of significant blight, the age and style of buildings is likely <br />to result in the need for redevelopment in the foreseeable future. <br /> <br />Focus Area: Edgerton/Country Road <br />D/Allen Ave. <br />This area, one of the largest remaining <br />undeveloped parts of Little Canada, <br />consists of an active farming <br />operation and a few scattered single <br />family homes. To the east are deep <br />single family lots, while to the west is <br />an area of industrial and small office <br />uses. <br />The property is divided by an <br />easement corridor for a pair of major <br />power lines more than 200 feet in <br />width. The City has been actively <br />developing a trail system following <br />the power lines, but which terminates <br />at Edgerton Street. The extension of <br />the trail corridor would be expected to <br />connect the existing trail to Pioneer <br />Park, the City’s largest active park <br />facility southwest of the subject <br />property. <br />The concept sketch shown above anticipates dividing the land uses along the power line easement, <br />retaining residential uses to the south and industrial uses to the north, relying on the broad easement <br />and trail corridor to buffer the two uses. To the south of the power line, residential uses are shown. <br />Along the south and east boundary of the property is shown a single family neighborhood, perhaps <br />of moderately sized parcels, with medium density residential to the west. <br />For the residential area, about 55 units are shown on the 11 acres of net developable area – meeting <br />the objectives for 5 units per acre. On the industrial side of the line, the sketch illustrates up to <br />135,000 square feet of manufacturing space, an area that might be anticipated to employ at many <br />as 500 employees. One of the challenges for the residential portion of the dist rict will be <br />coordinating potential access to the west side of the deep parcels fronting Edgerton. <br /> <br />Figure 4: Aerial of Proposed Plan for Edgerton/Country Rd D/Allen <br />Ave