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#04-2974 Stonebay Outlot A , <br /> CMP Amendment Text <br /> April 15,2004 <br /> Page 2 , <br /> "The two conunercial �ueas along Highway 12 within Orono are ideiiiified iii Map 3B-7 . <br /> aild include the following: <br /> L Property�abutting the north side of existing Highway 12 (Wayzata <br /> Boulev�rd) from Brown Road North to Willow Drive.� This area was reviewed <br /> as part of Coniprehensive Plan Amendinent No. 2 in 1989, resulting in a guide <br /> plan calling for conunercial uses abutting Highway 12, with priniary access to a <br /> ' service road connecting from Brown Road to Willow Drive, and elimination of <br /> direct access to Highway 12. The area is currently bounded oii the north by <br /> existing residential developnlent at densities ranging from 1 tuut per 2 acres to 1 <br /> � unit per 1.3 acres. <br /> The western .half of this area has since been developed via PUD as a <br /> nursery/garden center with included leasable conunercial spaces. The east half of <br /> this area inchides a strip shopping center, a new 10,000 s.f. office building, and a <br /> vacant 6.5 acre parcel at the northwest quadra.ilt of Brown Road and Highway 12. <br /> The City Council in February 1998 adopted a General Concept Plan for � <br /> development along Highway 12 indicating that the Council's vision includes <br /> co�runuluty scale retail development (as opposed to regional or `big box' scale <br /> developnient) focused iil a more compact area ui or near downtown Long Lake <br /> � (closer to Brown Road than to Willow Drive, at least in the short term) for the <br /> followiiig reasoiis: <br /> 1. Focuses oii dov�nitown Long Lake remaining a strong retail area, and helps <br /> .preserve owner-operated small service businesses in Loiig Lake which are <br /> vital to Orono a.nd Long Lake residents. <br /> � 2. Focuses on niaintaining a vital downtown a.nd "seilse of place" for both <br /> Long La.ke and Orono. , � <br /> 3. � A coinpact retail area encot�rages pedestrian activity. <br /> 4. It is easier to plan, coordinate and control tlie developineiit of a more <br /> coinpact retail�uea than an exteilded retail strip. <br /> 5. Focusing developiizent toward Brown Road cotild strengtl�en the ability to <br /> � obtain desirable developmeiit on the noi�th side of Highway 12 east of the <br /> Otten Brothers Nursery. <br />