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//J. CMP Part 3B« Land Use Plan Urban Industrial Land Use Orono's Industrial Park along Highway 12 west of Long Lake is planned to continue as the only appropriate area for industrial-type activity in the City. Adequate transportation is available as is municipal water and sanitary sewer. The 44-acre Industrial Park currently has some potential for additional development as well as redevelopment. Expansion of the Park is limited by Highway 12 to the north, the proposed Highway 12 Reroute and Burlington Northern Railroad on the south, the Orono-Long Lake municipal boundary on the east, and Old Crystal Bay Road on the west (see Map 3B-7). At the time the Industrial Park was developed along Highway 12, it was adjacent to agricultural uses on all 4 sides, plus St. George’s cemetery to the southeast. The Long Lake commercial/industrial district west of Willow Drive had yet to develop. Now the area south of the Industrial Park has been developed with single family residential uses, the area to the west across Old Crystal Bav Road is being guided for single-family and medium-density residential, the area to the north is being guided for office development, and the area to the east in Long Lake has been developed with business/light industrial uses. It is important that the uses in the Industrial Park are compatible with these existing and planned uses. Access for a majority of the existing parcels is directly to Highway 12 via individual curb cuts. Although “old Highway 12" traffic may decrease for a time once the 12 Reroute is opened, high traffic levels on Highway 12 may still be prevalent. An option for future dicussion is development of an interior service road providing access to Old Crystal Bay Road, to allow ingressing/egressing traffic safer access via the controlled intersection at Highway 12 and Old Crystal Bay Road. However, to avoid potential conflicts between the industrial traffic and that from the future residential development to the west, an alternative may be to develop an internal road system linking all the Industrial Park properties to a single intersection on existing Highway 12 halfway between Willow Drive and Old Crystal Bay Road. Past use of the Industrial Park has previously included manufacturing and processing. The City will encourage conversion to light industrial, high-tech uses as well as office-showroom. The City has no intent to convert the Industrial Park to commercial retail or service uses. Accessory functions such as office buildings will be permitted in the industrial area. City of Orono Conmunily Management Plan ScpIeBiber _, 2QM Page 3B-42