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_ <br />City Council Resolution No. 5104 <br />May 12, 1997 <br />Page 7 <br />There are opportunities to enhance and further reinforce the opportunity.to create a�llage Center <br />in Mounds View through how vacant land in this district is developed, and through incorporating <br />design elements along H'ighway 10. There are two significant vacant areas which deserve mention. <br />Both of them are on FLghway 10 and offer an opportunity to strengthen the City's economic base by <br />taldng advantage of the strong desire in the business marketplace to located on a major thoroughfare. <br />• The first is bordered by I-i'ighway 10, Long Lake Road and County Road H2. This parceI <br />needs to be developed in a manner which maintains an open face to the I�'ighway 10, and <br />creates a destination activity and meeting ground across from the Civic Center, so there is a <br />concentration of activity on both sides of the highway. Possibilities include entertainment <br />uses, restaurants, and unique shops. These uses could be combined with o�ces or higher <br />density residential to create a"villa�e cerne�' feeling. This parcel also presents a challenge <br />since it abuts a single famiiy residential neighborhood on the south side. Care must be <br />eacercised in providing an adequate buffer between the active uses located on this parcel and <br />this neighborhood, so the quaIity of life and peaceful enjoyment of their homes is not <br />disiupted. How the development is orierned, the location of access points, and the circulation <br />system to serve this parcel are critical to achieving this goal. <br />' > The district map shows two designations for this area. Both of them are for mixed use PUD <br />��" alIowing a combination of residential and commercial uses, with the area approximateiy 1 SO <br />feet deep along County Road H2 restricted to lower intensity uses. Lower intensity uses <br />would include single-family housing (up to three units per acre), and office uses. If the Iower <br />intensity area is developed for non-residential uses, access to County Road HZ shall be <br />restricted and a buffer area of at least 50 feet shall be created which siiall be in landscaping <br />or native tree cover. <br />• The second parcel is bounded by F�ighway 10, Silver Lake Road, the St. Paul Waterworks <br />ROW and existing businesses. A land use study and market analysis for this area has been <br />completed, and they included suggestions on the types of land uses which would be suitable <br />for these parcels. These uses included senior citizen housing, offices, restaurants, and high <br />impulse, convenience-type businesses. Attention needs to be given to how to create an <br />irnegrated, coordinated development which related to surrounding uses, makes connections <br />to the trail systems in Silver Vew Pazk and along Mounds �ew Drive, and uses the wetland <br />as an asset. It is important to avoid development wIvch creates a row of independent <br />highway-orierned businesses along I�ighway 10 oblivious of their surroundings. This parcel <br />is at the point where the commercial deveiopment widens along Kiighway 10, as one enters <br />the City from the north. It needs to be treated as a gateway area. <br />To help ensure that future development is consistent with community goals, the remaining <br />ndeveloped land should be develaped on a staged, planned unit basis. The current state of the <br />illage Center is somewhat fragmerned. It is most important that this area become a more <br />coordinated, cohesive focal point for the community throu,h the types of land uses developed, how <br />developments are designed, and the implementation of design features which will establish an overall <br />