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Case Number: 831-74 June 5, 1974 Page Two 4. The basic issue in this case is i-hat of the ultimate use of the fronfage along Lexington Avenve. As you know, this is a state highway wherein the traffic does not create ideal conditions for single family residential. However, there are a great many single family homes located on Lexington Avenue and it has been the established policy of the City to discourage {and prevent) the graduai "strip commercializqtion" of Lexington Avenue through the City of l�oseville. In view of this policy, homeowners in the area may well object to any zoning tending to dilui-e this policy. At the time the multiple rezoning was approved and the apartments built on fhe property to tl�e north, it- was anticipai-ed that addifiionaf reques�s for rezonings would occur along Lexington Avenue. Where the lot sizes are Iprge (as is the case in poinfi} �here is of course additional pressure for the fransition to either multiple or limitec! business uses. If any zoning is to be considered in the area, certainly a limited business zone is fhe appropriate zone, or one of fhe medium density residential zones - duplexes, fourplexes, or a small scale townhouse development. 5. The use of the exisi-ing structure for limited medical purposes as proposed would appear not to create any serious adverse affects. Flowever, the policy of rezoning ihe land could well set a presiaence for fhe properties immeciiately to the soufh down to the existing smaller lots fronting an Ruggles Street on the east side of Lexi ngton . � 6. We suggest the continuafiion of i-he policy of preventing the typica! "strip commercial" development of Lexington Avenue. If however, the Planning Commission and Council considers the retention of the residentiai uses on the east side of Lexington, the "B-]" zone is the appropriafie zone for limited �usin�ss development in this area .