Laserfiche WebLink
TO:Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />February 9,1998 <br />SUBJECT: Highway 12 Land Use Options <br />The City Council has had a number of discussions regarding the types of land use desired along <br />Highway 12 and the character of the Highway 12 area. The Highway 12 area includes four sub-areas <br />in Orono. These are the area north of Highway 12 between Brown Road and Willow Drive, tlie area <br />north of Highway 12 between Willow Drive and Old Crj slal Bay Road, the area south of Highway <br />12 between the Orono/Long Lake border and Old Crystal Bay Road, and the area south of Highway <br />12 and west of Old Cry stal Bay Road. The land use in Orono's Highway 12 area is related to the <br />land use along Highway 12 in Long Lake which includes at least two sub-areas; one being <br />downtown Long Lake, and the other being the area on the south side of Highway 12 betw een Brown <br />Road and the Orono/Long L ake border. <br />This memo outlines three general land use options for the 1 lighway 12 area, and provides an analysis <br />of the pros and cons of each option, to assist the Council in its decision-making regarding land use <br />along Highway 12. <br />Option I Community scale retail development along Highway 12 (both the north and <br />south f des) from Brown Road to and including the Dumas Orchard property <br />This option could include uses such as grocery store(s), (30,000 s.f. vs. 60,000 s.f), drugstore, bank, <br />hardware, and inirccllaneous retail uses such as cotTee, bagels, pizza, restaurants, shops, etc. <br />A.Pros <br />1. <br />2. <br />Would provide retail .services to meet the needs of the residents of the area. <br />Could enable Orono to take advamage of the current positive development <br />environment to obtain some quality retail development in the City. <br />3.Could enable Orono to recover more of its investment in the water and sewer <br />infrastructure on Highway 12. <br />4.The community scale retail is less disruptive to the rural character of Orono than <br />regional or "big box" retail.