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i I' <br /> Mr <br /> COMMERCIAL GOALS AND POLICIES <br /> Goal 1: Commercial development shall be considered in order to provide a broad tax <br /> and an expanded employment base within Mounds View. <br /> Policies: a. Continue to maintain and expand the City's commercial tax base to <br /> assist in paying for needed services and in reducing tax impact on <br /> housing costs. <br /> b. Cooperate with commercial developers to insure that commercial <br /> development is a communityassest and meets the standards established <br /> by the City. <br /> • <br /> c. Identify commercial activities complementary to existing activities <br /> and promote and facilitate the development of such commercial actE ies <br /> within Mounds View. <br /> III Goal 2: Provide safe, convenient, attractive, and accessible commercial develop- <br /> ment within Mounds View. <br /> Policies: a. Develop commercial and service centers as cohesive, highly inter- <br /> related units with adequate off-street parking. <br /> b. Commercial development shall be based upon the concept of a compact, <br /> integrated business center developed according to a specific site plan. <br /> c. Insure that all service and commercial uses are adequately and appropriately <br /> landscaped according to zoning requirements as may be amended. <br /> d. Insure that all service and commercial uses are adequately screened and <br /> buffered from any adjacent residential developments. <br /> e. Buffers such as screen plantings, fences, and public and semi-public use <br /> areas will be provided to eliminate conflicts between commercial activities <br /> and adjacent residential development. <br /> f. The location of commercial uses shall take into consideration the neighbor- <br /> • hood, land use, and circulation pattern. <br /> 41/ g. Access to all major commercial centers will be designed to facilitate <br /> traffic flow along major channels of movement. i' <br /> APPENDIX 3 <br /> 60 <br />