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• Planning Commission Case No.471-97: O'Neil Property March 28, 1997 Page 5 ■ Landscaping, Screening& Surfacing The proposal exceeds the requirements in Section 1120.03, Subd. 2 of the Zoning Code. I * * * * * B. Issues Under Discussion • Comprehensive Plan Amendment The question before the Planning Commission is whether the Comprehensive Plan, which is intended to guide future development of the City, should be amended to change the expectations for the O'Neil property from residential to commercial uses. In particular, the proposal is for an entertainment-type commercial use(movie theaters) and offices. The staff report for your March 19 meeting provided a history of efforts to update the comprehensive plan since its adoption in 1979, and the various designations considered for this site over the last eighteen years. The designation in the adopted plan for the O'Neil property is • medium density residential. Consideration has been given to retaining the medium density residential designation, and to changing it to highway commercial, mixed use low and medium density residential, office park, corporate headquarters office, or townhomes. The issue ranked as most important in the 1988 Comprehensive Plan Update, based on a series of Planning Commission workshops, was: "The function of Trunk Highway 10 needs to be determined e.g.,strip commercial corridor, community commercial district,highway service district,subregional commercial center,or residential district." Suffice it to sa , the future develo•ment of the Highway 10 corridor including the O'Neil property, has been under discussion for an extended time. The adopted Comp Plan designation is in conflict with the zoning. It is stars view that the proposed designation is more appropriate for this site, either than the adopted designation or the current zoning if it is the City's desire to develop the commercial potential of the Highway 10 corridor and add to its tax base, and if adequate measures have been taken to provide the necessary buffer to the single family neighborhood It is up to the Planning Commission and City Council, representing the community, to determine if these goals are appropriate and have been met by this proposal. • Traffic and Access • The project will take access from Highway 10 at approximately midway between Long Lake Road and County Road H2. At this time, the access is proposed as right-in, right-out due to restrictions established by the Minnesota Department of Transportation(MnDOT) on access to