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Image Placeholder <br />37COMMUNITY BACKGROUND2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />DRAFT Dec14-17 <br />for review only <br />Office, Retail and Other Commercial <br />The commercial areas in the City are located primarily along the <br />Highway 61 and the CSAH 8 corridor and within the downtown district� <br />The CSAH 8 Corridor marks the western entrance to the City from <br />I-35E and serves as the gateway to downtown Hugo� <br />The downtown district is centered at the new intersection created by <br />the newly realigned CSAH 8 and Highway 61 and is the cultural and <br />business center of the City� The majority of the businesses providing <br />retail goods and services in Hugo have historically been located in the <br />downtown� <br />Industrial and Utility <br />The designated industrial areas of the City are located along the <br />Highway 61 corridor in the Bald Eagle Industrial Park and the Peloquin <br />Industrial Park� The Bald Eagle Industrial Park is served by municipal <br />utilities and has rail access� The Park includes businesses such as <br />Wilson Tool, Loadmaster Lubricants, Xcel Energy, Western Spring, and <br />Schwieters Companies� <br />There is also some scattered industrial development along the east <br />side of TH 61 north of downtown that has developed without municipal <br />sewer and water service� As land becomes more valuable and sewer <br />and water becomes available in the coming years, these industrial <br />properties will likely be redeveloped� <br />Mixed Use <br />There are three categories for Mixed Use used by the Metropolitan <br />Council: <br />Mixed Use Residential, which is land containing a building with <br />multiple uses in combination with at least a residential unit(s)� <br />Mixed Use Industrial, which is land containing a building with multiple <br />uses in combination with industrial uses and NO residential units� An <br />example would be a building containing a warehouse, offices, and <br />stores� <br />Mixed Use Commercial and Other, which is land containing a building <br />with multiple uses but with NO residential units or industrial uses� <br />Extractive <br />There is a gravel pit in the rural portion of Hugo that has recently <br />ended gravel mining operations by an agreement with the City� The <br />property owner is required to restore the land comparable to adjacent <br />lands or to its original state� <br />Park, Recreation or Preserve and Golf Course <br />There are a number of large areas of public and semi-public <br />recreational uses in the City� <br />Institutional <br />The institutional land use designation includes lands within the city that <br />contain the churches and other religious institutions, city/government <br />buildings, schools and cemeteries� <br />Major Highways <br />The major highway land use designation includes right-of-way areas <br />greater than 200 feet in width for major highways in the City� The <br />portion of Highway 61 near the south end of the City is included in this <br />category� <br />Railroads <br />There are two active railroad lines that pass through the City and <br />provide freight service only at this time� The Soo Line crosses the <br />southeast corner of the City and the Burlington Northern Rail line runs <br />along the west side of Highway 61 and terminates before downtown� <br />The Burlington Northern provides rail service to businesses with the <br />Bald Eagle Industrial Park�