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Planning Case PA2011-001 Staff Report Page 2 Amendment Process: An amendment to a Planned Unit Development is processed as would an amendment to an approved Conditional Use Permit, which is to say that the procedural requirements of Section 1125 of the Zoning Code would be followed. Section 1125 requires that the Planning Commission and City Council review the request, taking into consideration any and all potential adverse effects of the proposed amendment. Relationship to the Comprehensive Plan: Mounds View's adopted Comprehensive Plan identifies the Mounds View Business Park South PUD site as Light Industrial/Light Industrial PUD which is defined as being flex industrial centers and a mix of office, light industrial and commercial uses within single or multiple structures. The proposed recreational uses would be consistent with the Comp Plan. The geographical area involved: The south business park is bordered by County Road 10 and Woodale Drive on two sides. The Highway 10 Business Center, the Mermaid, Pettibone Builders Equipment, and Central Sandblasting border on the east and south sides, and Edgewood Middle School property borders on the west side. Neighborhood Impact: The neighborhood should not be impacted by adding indoor recreational uses to this business park. Traffic studies were done before the site was developed, and the majority of traffic for the park enters and exits onto Woodale Drive, very close to County Road 10 where there is a stoplight. Woodale Drive was constructed to handle the traffic that is generated by this business park. When Medtronic's distribution facility was operating here, there was a lot of truck traffic in and out of this business park. Any traffic for the recreational uses will be less of a neighborhood impact than a distribution center. The character of the surrounding area: All of the neighboring uses are commercial or light industrial with the exception of the north side of Woodale Drive. There is a single family neighborhood about one block west of this business park. Directly across Woodale Drive from the business park are five R-1 zoned properties that are planned for future redevelopment, but staff does not expect that any low density residential would be built there. The demonstrated need for such use: The applicant anticipates that there is a market for this type of business in Mounds View. Since there are very few trampoline parks in the Twin Cities, this specific business would likely draw customers from all over the metro area. Recreational businesses appear to be a complimentary use in light industrial and business parks and have worked well in many other cities. It appears that amending the PUD to allow for recreational uses would have no adverse impacts and would be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Staff supports the amendment to allow indoor recreational uses in the Mounds View Business Park South.