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AUG-20 -1999 09109 MAC NXC MEMORANDUM 612 595 9837 P.04/06 NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS COMMUNITY PLANNING - DESIGN - MARKET RESEARCH TO: Little Canada Mayor and City Council FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: August 19, 1999 RE: Uttle Canada - Buetow /Arcade Electric Rezoning FILE NO: 758.10 The City is considering the rezoning of land at the intersection of County Road D and Edgerton Street. The property is currently zoned 1-1, Light Industrial, and includes a stucco contractor ("Buetow") and Arcade Electric, a contractor which also operates a series of self - storage warehouses on the site. The property is guided for low density residential in the land use plan. The area is surrounded by single family residential land use to the west, south, and east. The land to the north is in the City of Vadnais Heights, and is adjacent to Interstate Highways 35E and 694. The City's zoning ordinance includes three districts which allow low density residential as permitted uses. These are the R -1, Single Family Residential District, the R -2, Medium Density Residential District, and the R -B, Residential - Business Transition District. The R- 1 District permits single family homes as the predominant land use. There are other uses allowed, primarily institutional and government services uses. The R -2 District permit single and two- family homes (both of which would be "low density) and allows medium density residential uses by Conditional Use Permit, including townhouses. The R-8 District permits single and two family homes, and allows limited commercial uses by Conditional Use Permit. The existing uses in the subject area are allowed in the B -W, Business - Warehousing and I -1, Light Industrial Districts. The rezoning consideration has been raised by a request for outdoor storage, subsequently denied by the City Council based on a concern over screening of the site from the surrounding public right -of -way and adjoining residential neighborhood. The potential for constructing a storage structure was discussed, but it was noted that the new land use plan encourages a return to low density residential uses, consistent with the surrounding area. Due to the size of the existing Buetow building, only 5775 WAYZATA BOULEVARD. SUITE 55Z ST. LOUIS PARK. MINNESOTA 5541 6 PHONE 612 - 595.9636 FAX 612- 595 -9837 E -MAIL MAC (.41 WINTERNET.COM Page 4