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---------- e EXISTING ZONING The predominate zoning district is 1-2, General Industrial, with B-2, Genera 1 Business, occupying most of the frontage on the two arterials-- Lexi ngton Avenue and County Road E. The latter is well established and has (together with businesses on the south side of County Road E) been . often referred to as "Downtown Arden Hill s." The Lexington Avenue business uses are relatively recent, with the three southerly parcels being rezoned within the last five or six years. As the names of the districts indicate, they allow rather "catch-all" or miscellaneous collections of uses. The .more recent industrial uses have been in a much more limited range, with more offices, clean assembly and office/service (like the insurance claim's centers) types of uses. The business district in the study area is mostly service oriented (includ- ing the hospitality category) , with very limited retail development. Even the Shannon Square Shopping Center has only two retail outlets. IMPACT: The lists of permitted uses in both zoning districts in this study area are so broad that some of the uses would be inappropriate if located adjacent to other permitted uses. This is particularly apparent when the newer industrial developments are of very high quality uses, buildings and sites and the nearby older warehouse structures are being occupied by small, starter businesses that are operating in limited quarters on 1 imited budgets. A more restricted range of uses in com- partmentalized zoning districts could help to strengthen the entire area and offer protection for both extremes of the range of uses. Groupings of uses with simi lar performance characteristics is the objective of i , zoning and it appears that in today's market the present 1-2 and B-2 . Districts are too broad to effectively promote that objective. -6- ----------- ---------- --------