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CHAPTER 2 LAND USE 18 6. Strip and spot commercial zones and uses should not be created, expanded, or in any way encouraged to become more permanent, and elimination of existing zones of this type should be encouraged. At the same time, these uses should not necessarily be put in a nonconforming status which may promote their deterioration. Such areas should be continuously monitored as to their effects on adjacent land uses. 7. High standards in building and site design should continue to be required and even extended where appropriate, e.g., requiring paving of parldng and maneuvering areas. 8. General and neighborhood business shall be located adjacent to non-residential uses or at the edge of residential areas and shall be located on minor arterial or collector streets. Commercial uses shall be designed so as not to channel onto residential streets amounts of traffic inconsistent with those residential areas. INDUSTRIAL LAND USES Industrial land uses consist of a wide variety of businesses including manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, food processing, high tech businesses, and wood products, among other things. These land uses provide the community tax base and employment opportunities, and should be encouraged along with other non-residential land uses, such as services, retailing and office development, to locate in New Brighton to create a balanced, economically strong community. The City of New Brighton is favorably situated within the Metropolitan Area to attract industrial development. Served by freeways I-694 and I-35W with rail service from the Minnesota Transfer Railway Company and the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie-Railway Co., New Brighton has excellent accessibility to transportation systems necessary to move goods and people to and from industrial sites. New Brighton is a suburb with easy access to both downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. The close proximity of industrial land uses to major transportation arteries also minimizes traffic intrusion into the City. From 1960-1970, actual development figures indicate that of the 315 industrial firms which left the central cities, 2.5% located in New Brighton. This placed New Brighton 13th out of 39 communities which received this migration. Since that time, New Brighton has continued to see warehousing/light industrial development growth; much of that growth has occurred as a result of City assistance. Despite the advantages that New Brighton has and the success it has achieved in capturing industrial development, it, as well as the Northeastern suburbs in general, has trailed other sectors of the Metro area in development growth. New Brighton's ability to attract and accommodate future industrial development will depend on the City's ability to foster redevelopment. Only 156 acres of vacant land is available for industrial land use in New Brighton, and what is available is generally in small parcels. There are only five areas in single ownership with acreage greater than 15 acres, the largest being 32 acres. Other factors further constrain development of the vacant parcels ;l including poor soil conditions, irregular parcel shape, limited access or other conditions that