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Action 3: Consider changes to zoning ordinances to allow uses within <br />commercial /industrial zones which are not currently allowed. To implement the draft <br />Comprehensive Plan, staff is reviewing city ordinances and evaluating existing <br />allowable uses in the commercial and industrial zones. <br />EDAC Recommendation <br />EDAC's Redevelopment Task Force recommends that the City Council pursue Actions 2 <br />and 3. <br />Action 2: While EDAC recognizes that market forces will play a major factor in future <br />redevelopment of properties on Lake Drive and Hodgson Road, EDAC encourages the <br />City to take a proactive role in redevelopment to encourage private investment. This <br />includes the City making best use of financial tools available. <br />Action 3: EDAC recommends that once the Comprehensive Plan is passed by the City <br />Council, that the City examine its commercial /industrial zoning ordinances. Consider <br />opportunities for changes and/or additional zoning categories that would allow flexibility <br />within commercial /industrial areas of the City without compromising the goals and <br />policies of the Comprehensive Plan. These proposed changes will be reviewed by EDAC, <br />the Planning & Zoning Board and City Council before adoption. <br />Council Options: <br />1. Accept the Task Force report <br />2. Direct Staff and Planning & Zoning Board to evaluate current commercial and <br />industrial zoning while revising and updating the City's zoning ordinance as part <br />of the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan. Consider appropriate measures <br />to provide flexibility within commercial and industrial areas of the City, in <br />particular properties that have no access to public utilities. <br />3. Make use of all tools available to leverage public investment in private <br />redevelopment of commercial and industrial properties. <br />Attachments: Draft Redevelopment Task Force Workbook <br />