08-15-2016 Planning Commission Packet

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CMP Part 3B. Land Use Pl n Orono will coordinate ifs commercial development planning related to Wayzata Boulevard area with the City of Long Lake to ensure the Long Lake downtown area remains vital and viable,to focus retail development in a compact doa+ntown retail area, and to prevent the extension of retail developrnent west of Willow Drive in Oz�ono. The retail development in �e Wayzata Boulevard area will be community or neighborhood scale rather than `big box' regional scale development. The types of retail uses will be those that focus on providing services to the residents and businesses of Long Lake and Orono, while also dzawing from the reduced traffic stream on Wayzata Boulevard resulting from opening of the new Highway 12 corridor, However, the retail development is not to draw substantial traffic from beyond Orono. The development plans for the Highway 12 area will encourage locally-owned and operated businesses that provide services to Orono and Long Lalce residents. Add.itionally, the Highway 12 retail azea will be a pedestrian-friendly area, 'This involves providing trails/sidewallcs along the roadways pz-oviding access to the retail uses. It also involves providing public amenities that provide a sense of place and provide a gathering place for the public. The commercial azeas along Wayzata Boulevard within Orono are identified in Map 35-7 and include the following; ) 1. Property abntting the north side of Wayzats Boulevard €rom Brown Road North to Willow Drive. This area was reviewed as part of Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 2 in 1989, resulting in a guide plan calling foz commercial uses abutting Wayzata Boulevard with primary access to a service road connecting from grown Road to Willow Drive, and elimination of direct access to Highway 12. The area is currently baunded on the north by existing resideutial development at densities ranging from 1 unit per 2 acres to 1 unit per 1.3 acres. The western half of this area has si.nce been developed via PUD as a nursery/garden center with included leasable commercial spaces, The east half of this area includes, a 10,000 s.f. offce bu.ilding, a strip shopping center, a small quasi-industrial machine shop operation, an office- condvminium development, and e 62-unit senior indepeadent living aparanent building. The City Council in February 1998 adopted a General Concept Plan for development along Wayzata Boulevard indicating that the Council's vision includes community s�a(e reta,il development (as opposed to regional or `big box' scale development) focused in a more compa.ct area in or near downtvwn Long Lake (closer to Brown Road than to Willow Drive, at least in the short term)for the following reasons: � City of Orono Community Management Plan 2U08-2030 Page 3B-39