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Mr. Jeff Smyser December 13, 2006 Page 4 Progress to Date CORE's submission of its development application for the Site is the next step in the development and re- development of the Hodgson / County Road J area. It provides the City with development details for the Site, as well as insight to the future development and redevelopment of the entire Study Area. Consistency with the Underlying Zoning The underlying zoning of the Site is General Business. By statute, the City's Zoning Ordinance implements the policies of the approved Comprehensive Plan. Minn. Stat. § 473.851(9). The proposed PUD Zoning Ordinance for Comforts of Home will, therefore, implement the policies established in the related Comprehensive Plan for the area located within the Hodgson Road / County Road Study Area. Minn. Stat. § 473.858(1). The City reports in its December 8, 2006 draft of the Hodgson Road / County Road J Master Plan the following: General Business zoning includes a wide variety of businesses including retail, service and semi - industrial uses. They may contain businesses which tend to serve other business and industry as well as those catering to shoppers' needs. Draft Master Planning Study / Hodgson Road and County Road J, December 8, 2006, p.8. The proposed mix of uses within the 17 -acre Comforts of Home planned unit development is consistent with the overall intent of the general business zoning. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan The City's Comprehensive Plan guides the Site as Mixed Use. The City describes the intent of the Mixed Use land use category as follows. The Mixed Use designation is intended to accommodate development that includes a variety of land uses. This could be a development that integrates uses in the same building, such as residential units above commercial space. It also might include different uses in separate elements of a larger development, as part of a master plan. 2002 Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan, p. 97. The proposed Comforts of Home development is consistent with the intent of the City's Mixed Use designation. In addition, the underlying zoning supports many of the proposed uses within the CORE submittal. Compatibility with the Draft Master Planning Study / Hodgson Road and County Road J The City has been proactive in planning for the future of the Hodgson Road / County Road J area. The City states that the "Master Plan is intended to show a general land use arrangement with some specific design elements. The individual site layouts and uses are to be determined as • • •