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City of Mounds View Comprehensive Plan Goal 1: Commercial development along County Highway 10 shall be considered in order to provide a broad tax base and expanded employment base in Mounds View. Policies: a. Continue to maintain and expand the City's commercial tax base to assist in paying for needed services and in reducing tax impact on housing costs. b. Cooperate with commercial developers to ensure that commercial development is a community asset and meets the standards established by the City. c. Identify commercial activities complementary to existing activities and promote and facilitate the development of such commercial activities within Mounds View. d. Develop a design theme for County Highway 10. e. Ensure that development that occurs along Highway 10 is consistent with and helps implement the approved design theme. Goal2: Provide safe, convenient, attractive, and accessible commercial development within Mounds View. Policies: a. Develop commercial and service centers as cohesive interrelated units with off street parking. b. Commercial developments should be concentrated in compact,integrated business centers. c. Ensure that all service and commercial uses are adequately and appropriately landscaped according to City requirements. d. Ensure that all service and commercial uses are adequately screened and buffered from any adjacent residential developments. e. Buffers such as screen plantings, fences, and public and semi-public use areas will be provided to eliminate conflicts between commercial activities and adjacent residential development. f. The location of commercial uses shall take into consideration the neighborhood, land use, and circulation pattern. g. Access to all major commercial centers will be designed to facilitate traffic flow along major roadways. 27