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<br />39 <br /> <br />Commercial Land Uses <br /> <br />The majority of the City’s commercial land uses are located along Rice Street, which forms the <br />western boundary of the City. The heart of Little Canada’s commercial district lies near the <br />intersection of Rice Street and Little Canada Road. Many of the City’s past planning efforts have <br />been focused on redevelopment of these commercial areas. The City has five commercial zoning <br />districts: Business-Industrial (B-1), Auto-Oriented Business (B-2), General Business (B-3), <br />Comprehensive Business (B-4) and Business-Warehouse (B-4). <br /> <br />Goals: <br /> <br />1. Maintain and improve the Rice Street area as a safe, viable, orderly, productive and enhanced <br />environment for the residents of the community. <br /> <br />2. Maintain and promote balanced commercial development and activity which is viable and <br />responsive to the needs of the community and surrounding market area. <br /> <br />3. Develop the Rice Street and Little Canada intersection as Little Canada’s principal commercial <br />center. <br /> <br />Policies: <br /> <br />1. To the extent possible, the provision and maintenance of a balanced variety of development <br />types and areas to satisfy the needs, desires and income levels of all people shall be encouraged. <br />An over-supply of one type or variety of development shall be avoided. The community is <br />best served, and new development is best encouraged, when as broad an array of commercial <br />uses are provided as is possible within the context of the market. <br /> <br />2. Standards of development quality shall be considered for all proposed developments i n the <br />Rice Street Corridor to ensure an enhancement of community character. Such standards shall <br />be uniformly applied and enforced. <br /> <br />3. There are several areas along Rice Street where conflicting land uses exist. Where practical, <br />these conflicting, non-complementary uses shall be eliminated through removal and relocation. <br />The City may opt between city-initiated projects and privately initiated projects. <br /> <br />Industrial Land Uses <br /> <br />The majority of Little Canada’s industrial uses are located within the northwest quadrant of the <br />City. Future industrial land uses are guided as “Industrial” as shown on the Future Land Use map. <br />Existing industrial land uses are divided among the City’s three industrial zoning districts: Light <br />Industrial (I-1), General Industrial (I-2) and Industrial Park (I-P). <br /> <br />Goals: <br /> <br />1. Promote continued industrial development in order to expand the local employment base and <br />opportunities within Little Canada.