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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 21,2012 Page 36 Councilmember Johnson asked Ms. Steinwall if the Wal-Mart development team had found the City of Roseville to be more stringent about design and/or architectural standards not normally found in a Wal-Mart setting. Ms. Steinwall responded with a resounding "yes," based on the team's experi- ence, and noted that Wal-Mart's approach was to achieve 100% compliance with the City's new Zoning Code which had proven quite particular about de- sign elements and building orientation, design and parking lot size, and assuring that the development was more pedestrian friendly and accessible. However, Ms. Steinwall expressed the team's appreciation for City staff during the pro- cess, even while being very, very particular in meeting City Code requirements, while at the same time providing the development team with a great abundance of details and requirements. Council Discussion Regarding Community and Regional Business Zoning designation, Coun- cilmember Pust referenced a memorandum from the City Attorney's office dat- ed December 9, 2011 defining CMU designation as a mix of land uses, and CB as community and regional business in the context of the scale of the customer base and access to interchanges. Regional Business is defined as free-standing, large square foot stores, with Community Business defined as business limited to the local market area including free-standing businesses promoting communi- ty orientation, smaller than free-standing stores. Mr. Trudgeon was somewhat in agreement with that summary. Councilmember Pust opined that size was not generally an issue,but that the en- tire discussion of the Task Force was the scale of size, with CMU area referred to as community businesses, not regional business; while other areas in the Comprehensive Plan referring to regional business. Councilmember Pust opined that there appeared to be inconsistencies between the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan, and there was to be no conflict between the two. If that is the case, Councilmember Pust opined that the definition of "official control" then becomes important. Mr. Trudgeon admitted that it was a complex issue; but clarified that the Com- munity Business definition addressed the local market area within a two (2) mile area of Roseville, and supplying daily needs (e.g. groceries, clothes, and other household goods), all of which a Wal-Mart would sell. Councilmember Pust, however, when assessing that interpretation against the definition of a free-standing, large format store, felt there was general agree- ment on how they fit together. Councilmember Pust expressed concern that, if there was any potential for disagreement, there were a lot of citizens who would also disagree. While recognizing City Attorney Gaughan's legal opinion in