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i|4.3f74 SrwifctyMftopbct <br />JtMMry li, 2M4 <br />Having service retail uses within walking distance of both StoneBay and our senior <br />housing less than 14 mile east, provides a positive amenity. <br />- The location on Highway 12 will enable certain types of retail uses that can serve the <br />Stonebay development that we would otherwise probably not attract to the area <br />without the Highway 12 traffic. <br />Review ofthe traffic study completed for the Highway 12 area as part of the general <br />Stond>ay PUD in 2002-2003 indicates that the traffic generated by the proposed reuil <br />uses would be very similar to the traffic generated by office uses at this site. The <br />upgrades to smrounding roads required as part of the Stonebay PUD approvals wll <br />still be applicable if the amendment is approved. <br />Procedurally, this CMP Amendment requires approval of the Metropolitan Council; however, it is <br />expected this will be viewed as a minor amendment, will have no new or unplanned-for impacts on <br />metropolitan facilities, and is not expected to be met with any resistance by Met Council. <br />A copy of the plan set has been provided to the City of Long Lake. No comments have been <br />received as of this writing. <br />II. PUD Rezoning St Highway 12 Corridor Standards <br />Permitted uses in the B-6 District include business and professional offices; banks and financial <br />institutions; libraries; and motels & hotels Retail uses are allowed in B-6 only via the PUD <br />development process. Rezoning this site to B-6 PUD is allowed under the “Special RequiremenU <br />for Rezoning in the Highway 12 Corridor Study Area ” of zoning code Section 78-1065, and was <br />anticipated during the approval of the Stonebay plat. B-6 is the appropriate zoning for the proposed <br />US' Sections 78-1061 thru 78-1067 additionally contain a number of development standards <br />applicable to this site: <br />Minimuni Area- Minimum area for a rezoning in the Highway 12 Corridor is 5 acres <br />(variance required - the existing parcel is nominally 3.69 acres in area; however, the site <br />was created in 2003 with the City ’s full knowledge of its size and the intended commercial <br />use. An area variance to allow rezoning of the site is at this point a mere technicality.