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I -P, Industrial Park District Three areas are being proposed for the zoning classification I -P, Industrial Park District. This zoning district will be used mainly as a way to upgrade future development and redevelopment in the northwest area of the City. Higher quality development is encouraged by the regulations in the I -P district. The I -P district requires such things as: 25% of the lot area is required to be landscaped green area; no pole -type or engineered steel buildings are allowed; all buildings must be constructed of solid wall masonry, pre -cast concrete, aggregate panels, or wood frame masonry veneer, etc. The first area proposed for rezoning to the I -P classification lies west of the St. Paul Water Department easement. A portion of this area is located west of the Soo Line Railroad tracks to Rice Street (3). The property is currently occupied by Midwest Spring. The Midwest Spring company may be interested in purchasing the small pieces of property to the west and south of their actual parcel. The company's plans to expand their existing, high quality development should be encouraged, and will fit well within the I -P district standards. This is an exception to the otherwise commercial use of Rice Street property. The area just south of Midwest Spring is a portion of the Bingo and Johnson Rice Street Complex properties (2). A trucking business and an industry are currently located on this site. An I P zoning designation is proposed for this area, with the idea that redevelopment may bring a higher quality development or use in the future. The area proposed as I -P, between the Soo Line Railroad tracks and the Water Department easement, encompasses a portion of the existing Yorkton Development (4). The development fits well within the I -P District, due to its high standard of quality and any similar, further development would be encouraged within the I -P District. The second area proposed for an I -P zoning designation lies between the Water Department easement and the proposed P and I -1 districts along the eastern study area boundary. The portion of this area lying south of Owasso Boulevard South (5), encompasses the most recently developed phase of the Yorkton Development. This area is proposed as an I -P zone for the same reason as the other portion of the Yorkton Development (the high quality development fits well in an I -P zone). The remaining portion of this area, lying north of Owasso Boulevard South (6), contains a mobile home park, a landscape supply company, and vacant land. It is anticipated that by rezoning this property to I -P, higher quality development will be achieved through new development, and in the case of existing land uses, during periods of redevelopment. The rezoning from I- 1 to I -P in this area should not affect the current uses. Page 59