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T _ - � .�- <br />�:<_r----� � =-- ___._- ..� ._.:..__ �; : _ _ . �- - --_� . .. <br />a substantial buffering of the retail use to the adjacent homeowners. The buffer width contemplated <br />is over two times that required by code (if the parce( were presently zoned B2). <br />� <br />�� <br />f' <br />County Road I and Highway 10 experiences the heaviest level of tr�c at any intersection in the <br />City of Mounds View: It could and should be questioned whether it is appropriate to have land <br />zoned multi-family residential at this location, and whether residential streets should be intersecting - <br />this corner approximately 20 feet west of the intersection. <br />Thzough this application, �ve respectfully request the Planning Commission and the City Council to <br />contemplate the following question: <br />"If IVlounds View were a brand new community today, what would be the appropriate <br />Comprehensive Plan desi�ation and the appropriate zoning for a parcel at this location?" <br />We feel that the answer to this question, given the proximity to the residentiai area, would <br />be a B2 zoning. <br />The City owned parcel at the comer of County Road I, Highway 10 and Eastwood Drive does not <br />have the access necessary to create a viable retail or other commercial development. Only when it <br />is coupled with the four residential parcels to the east, and across Eastwood Drive, can you create <br />a site of significant enough size to create a safe environment for tuming, and a size lar�e enough for <br />a right turn-in from Highway 10 designed to accommodate speeds of as high as 30 miles per hour. <br />Therefore, we feel that this change in the Cumprehensive Plan and the rezone, in order to be <br />effective, must encompass all five pazcels that we have assembled. <br />Changes in Market Conditzons <br />Assembling single-family residential homes and othez parcels is noi an ineYpensive proposition. It <br />is only through the emer,Qing market conditions for retail development can we afford to pay the price <br />for this assembly. It is only based upon the sales projections which generate the rent that can be paid <br />-�- <br />� <br />