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The final category of commercial activity is the highway commercial use which is <br /> primarily oriented to the auto user. Examples of this type of use include restaura <br /> auto accessory stores and commercial recreational uses. It is recommended that this <br /> type of one stop, high traffic generating activity be located in the commercial qua- <br /> drants directly northwest of the Highway 10/Interstate 35W interchange, along <br /> Highway 10. In order to facilitate safer and more convenient vehicular circulation, <br /> which conflicts as little as possible with through traffic, it is recommended that a <br /> ring road likewise be established in this area. <br /> INDUSTRIAL USES <br /> At the present time, only a minor amount of industrial activity exists within Mounds <br /> View. The community has, however, adopted the goal of maintaining a reserve of <br /> industrial zoned land. Of the lands currently zoned for industrial use, it has been <br /> recommended above that the core area of the community be rezoned to accommodate <br /> a mix of commercial and residential development. Existing site conditions, including <br /> vegetative cover and drainage patterns as well as the existing adjacent residential <br /> development limit the industrial development potential of this area. Although the <br /> area north of new Highway 10 presents similar site problems, it is recommended that <br /> this area be maintained under its present industrial zoning. However, any develop- <br /> ment which may take place in this area should protect the natural amenities of the <br /> site and conform to established environmental standards. The only existing industri <br /> reserve where industrial development has actually occurred, the far southeastern <br /> corner of the community, is likewise recommended to be maintained according to its <br /> present status. Recognizing that residential development in the form of a mobile home <br /> park has occurred north of the industrial parcel and is likely to remain in the near <br /> future, it is furthermore recommended that any subsequent industrial development be <br /> adequately buffered and screened from this residential development. Moreover, access <br /> to industrial uses should not penetrate the residential area. <br /> In order to achieve the community goal of balancing the potential reduction of in- <br /> dustrial zoned land in the central core of the community, it is proposed that industrial <br /> land be reserved adjacent to the secondary commercial focus which lies north and south <br /> of Highway 10 and directly west of Interstate 35W. Industrial uses in this area should <br /> be limited to a less intense nature to insure compatibility with surrounding commercial <br /> and residential uses. <br /> • <br /> 72 <br />