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City of Arden Hills – 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br /> <br />Approved:, 2018 <br />6-14 <br />6.4.3 Red Fox/Grey Fox/Lexington Avenue Business <br />Area Guiding Plan <br /> <br />Immediately north of the B-2 District is a significant industrial, office, and retail <br />area for the City. This area includes Red Fox and Grey Fox roads and is <br />bounded by Lexington Avenue, Highway 51, Interstate 694, and the Canadian <br />Pacific railway (Figure 6.4). This area is used by a number of small and large <br />businesses for a variety of retail, manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, and <br />office uses. This area was largely developed between the 1950s and 1970s, <br />though the retail area along Lexington Avenue has had some new development <br />and redevelopment in the last 15 years. <br /> <br />While good access to regional transportation has helped to continue to make this <br />area viable, some of the buildings are becoming functionally obsolete for modern <br />manufacturing, warehousing, and business uses. As redevelopment pressure <br />increases, a more detailed guiding plan is required to comprehensively address <br />the overall redevelopment and transportation needs in this area of the City. <br />6.4.4 B-4: Retail Center Zoning District <br /> <br />The B-4 Zoning District is comprised of the properties with frontage on Dunlap <br />Street between Grey Fox Road and Red Fox Road. There are no undeveloped <br />parcels in the B-4 District and all the buildings are currently occupied. The <br />properties are not generally retail in nature and therefore do not achieve the <br />purpose statements of the B-4 District. The businesses are mostly wholesale <br />sales, office/warehouse, light manufacturing, or repair orientated that are more <br />typically industrial uses. The City should consider whether zoning changes in <br />this area of the City would be appropriate in order to achieve the City’s vision for <br />the district and to support existing businesses in the area. <br /> <br />6.4.5 Neighborhood Business <br /> <br />The purpose of the Neighborhood Business land use concept is to promote the <br />development of commercial nodes that were compatible with the surrounding <br />residential uses and provided services to residential areas. Commercial uses <br />that generate high traffic, noise, or other negative impacts were considered <br />undesirable. Neighborhood business areas are located at intersections or nodes <br />at the edge of residential areas, on properties not considered desirable for <br />housing, or properties that have traditionally been occupied with neighborhood <br />services. Housing can be a component of the development but would not <br />necessarily be the focal point. <br />Dr <br />a <br />f <br />t <br /> <br />11 <br />/ <br />2 <br />0 <br />/ <br />2 <br />0 <br />1 <br />7