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City of Mounds View Comprehensive Plan <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> 27 <br />Goal 1: Commercial development along County Highway 10 shall be considered <br />in order to provide a broad tax base and expanded employment base in <br />Mounds View. <br /> <br />Policies: <br /> <br />a. Continue to maintain and expand the City’s commercial tax base to assist in paying for <br />needed services and in reducing tax impact on housing costs. <br /> <br />b. Cooperate with commercial developers to ensure that commercial development is a <br />community asset and meets the standards established by the City. <br /> <br />c. Identify commercial activities complementary to existing activities and promote and <br />facilitate the development of such commercial activities within Mounds View. <br /> <br />d. Develop a design theme for County Highway 10. <br /> <br />e. Ensure that development that occurs along Highway 10 is consistent with and helps <br />implement the approved design theme. <br /> <br />Goal 2: Provide safe, convenient, attractive, and accessible commercial <br /> development within Mounds View. <br /> <br />Policies: <br /> <br />a. Develop commercial and service centers as cohesive interrelated units with off street <br />parking. <br /> <br />b. Commercial developments should be concentrated in compact, integrated business centers. <br /> <br />c. Ensure that all service and commercial uses are adequately and appropriately landscaped <br />according to City requirements. <br /> <br />d. Ensure that all service and commercial uses are adequately screened and buffered from any <br />adjacent residential developments. <br /> <br />e. Buffers such as screen plantings, fences, and public and semi-public use areas will be <br />provided to eliminate conflicts between commercial activities and adjacent residential <br />development. <br /> <br />f. The location of commercial uses shall take into consideration the neighborhood, land use, <br />and circulation pattern. <br /> <br />g. Access to all major commercial centers will be designed to facilitate traffic flow along major <br />roadways.