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City of Arden Hills - 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br /> 6.4.3 Red Fox/Grey Fox/Lexington Avenue Business <br /> Area Guiding Plan <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 6.6). 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 /> 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, the overall redevelopment and transportation needs of this area of the <br /> City will need to be comprehensively addressed. The City recognizes that a <br /> small area plan will need to be completed to determine the appropriate mix of <br /> land uses in this area. <br /> 6.4.4 B-4: Retail Center Zoning District <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 /> 6.4.5 Neighborhood Business <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 /> Approved: November 2019 <br /> 6-17 <br />