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10 <br />services; includes medical clinics.” Id. 6-5. Smiths Medical’s inclusion in area planned for <br />Industrial uses in 1998 while being classified as an Office use in 2009 demonstrates that use of <br />property for offices is compatible with the “broad range of industrial uses” contemplated by an <br />Industrial designation. See id. at 6-4 <br />In the Comprehensive Plan, the 2030 planned use for the Property is “I/O Light Industrial and <br />Office.” Id. fig. 6.3. <br />Similar to the Industrial designation in the 1998 map, the I/O classification encompasses a <br />“broad range of light industrial uses such as warehousing with manufacturing . . . . [and] <br />offices.” Id. at 6-8. The STEM Development’s use of the Property for its Engineering and <br />Biology programs is generally indistinguishable from Smiths Medical’s use. As was the case <br />with Smiths Medical, the STEM Development’s use of the Property for laboratories, classrooms, <br />and offices is not incompatible with the “broad range of light industrial uses” contemplated by <br />the I/O designation. See id. at 6-8. <br />The I/O designation is similar to the Mixed Business uses planned for the neighboring B-4 <br />District. Like the I/O designation, the City plans light industrial and office uses within the Mixed <br />Business. The B-4 District permits higher education as a conditional use. Arden Hills, Minn., <br />Code of Ordinances § 1320.05. The B-4 District’s allowance of higher education in an area <br />designated in the Comprehensive Plan for light industrial and office uses shows the City <br />recognizes that light industrial uses and office spaces are consistent with higher education uses. <br />In addition to being consistent with the existing <br />permitted and conditional uses in the I-Flex District, <br />Northwestern’s use for the STEM Development will be <br />in line with how neighboring businesses actually use <br />their space. For example, a medical device company and <br />materials processing company border the Property. <br />These STEM businesses will be compatible with <br />Northwestern’s biology, engineering, and medical service programs located at the Property. <br />Northwestern’s use for the <br />STEM Development will be <br />in line with how neighboring <br />businesses actually use their <br />space.