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Little Canada Mayor and City Council Little Canada Planning Commission 5 March 1984 Page Two • Plan and develop residential neighborhoods as units with related, but limited supportive service and commercial facilities. (page 28) • Existing undeveloped single family residential lands shall be developed in a manner responsive to determined needs and compatibility with surrounding development. (page 30) Commercial Policies: • Strongly discourage any further spot or uncoordinated linear commercial development in favor of a unified development pattern. (page 32) (Present zoning pattern disrupts unified development.) • When opportunities arise, consolidate existing spot and uncoordinated linear commercial development into more functional patterns. (page 32) • Ensure that development of any scattered open parcels along existing commercial strips is accomplished in a fashion which helps to establish more functional development patterns (for example, utilizing shared access and parking, etc.). (page 32) • Establish a cohesive, integrated image for the Rice Street Business District. (page 33) • Where feasible, provide better connections between existing, uncoordinated elements of the Business District.(page 33) e Establish an orderly transition between the Business District and residential neighborhoods through the introduction of either higher density residential or limited business commercial development. (page 33) The above policies suggest that the isolated R -2 parcels are contrary to the desired situation. While this situation would be corrected if the adjacent easterly parcels would be rezoned to R -2, the likelihood of such happening is questionable. The Land Use Plan, which is attached, indicates that residential land use is suggested north of Demont, just west of Park Street. Just where the break between the commercial and residential should occur is not precisely defined. In deciding upon this issue, it should be noted that any commercial or for that natter, mid to high density housing which would develop on the land in question is responsible for screening and buffering to protect adjoining parcels. This is true if the adjoining parcels are commercial or residential.