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n i #04*2974 Sloncbay Oullot A. CMP Amendment Text April 9.2004 Page S provide services for Orono residents, can provide facilities for businesses owned by Orono residents, and can provide quality employment opportunities. The development of this area for office use versus retail use enables the Highway 1 2 retail area to remain a more compact pedestrian-friendly retail area versus a non-cohesive extended strip ofretail development. Access to all office uses will be via a service road connecting Willow Drive and Old Crystal Bay Road, with no direct access points onto Highway 12. Development of this service road began in 1991 with the extension of Kelley Parkway eastward from Old Crystal Bay Road. The City's intent is to have a single tier of office uses between Kelley Parkway and Higltway 12, with primarily residential uses north ofthe service road. Due to construction o f a stonnwater retention pond by MnDOT midway between Old Crystal Bay Road and Willow, and the City's intent to develop the area north of the service road residentially at a density of 2-6 units per acre, the opportunities for large office sites are limited. As many as six 2-2.5 acre office sites can be developed along the Highway 12 frontage while still allowing the intended residential development to occur. This area is guided for office use with minor retail and service uses allowed only as accessory uses to the office use. “Big box” retail usewill not be allowed within this area. The above section of the CMP, along with Map 3B- 7, should be amended to reflect the intended conversion ofOutlotA, Stonebay from primarily office use to primarily retail use. The following amendment text is suggested for Councirs consideration: “The portion of Parcel Group I between Kelley Parkway and Highway 12 as depicted in 3B-7 is subdivided into four tax parcels for commercial development. Each ofthe four parcels abuts Highway 12 on the south and Kelley Parkway on the north. The most westerly parcel, at the intersection of Highway 12 and Old Crystal Bay Road, is 2 acres in area and has been developed for dental office use. The 2.5 acre parcel directly cast of the dental site is currently being developed for medical office use. The third of the four parcels is Out lot D of Stonebay. a 3.5 acre parcel likewise guided for office use and anticipated to be developed for office use during the period 2004-2006. These three abutting parcels are located across Highway 12 from the Orono Industrial Park which in the past has been used for processing and manufacturing. The industrial park has potci:;..- for redevelopment and is guided to encourage conversion to light industrial high tech uses, as well as office-showroom. Th. City docs not intend to allow commercial retail or service uses within the industrial paA. 1