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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 22,2012 Page 7 amendment was prompted by staff's ongoing monitoring of the practical appli- cation of the updated Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code. Mr. Paschke highlighted the definition, currently defined in City Code, for "Limited Production/Processing (lines 51-56 of the RCA). At the request of Councilmember Pust, Mr. Paschke advised that this use was currently allowed in Office Business Park (OBP) and Industrial (I) zoning dis- tricts, as detailed in Attachment A to the report. Councilmember Pust questioned the original rationale as to why this use was al- lowed in some zones, but not in others, and why a determination wasn't found at that time to identify non-conformities to consider the vision for a particular zoning district. Councilmember Pust opined that, if the Comprehensive Plan was to serve as an overall guide of the City's vision and the goal of where it wanted to move in the future, could memorializing this text amendment serve to move away from that guidance and back away from the overall plan to move particular uses to particular areas. Mr. Paschke stated that this was not an accurate depiction from staffs perspec- tive. Councilmember Pust further opined that she was surprised to see these proposed text amendments come forward before a recommendation to amend the text based on recent discussions with the Wal-Mart development use, since that had created so much discussion as far as a regulated use, causing preference by many to correct an apparent disparity from the perspective of many in the com- munity. Councilmember Pust questioned how these recommended text amend- ments had risen above that other issue. Mayor Roe refocused the discussion on the requested action currently before the City Council. Councilmember Willmus expressed his potential opposition to allowing light manufacturing in the Rosedale area. Mr. Paschke advised that he didn't see that as a result of the requested action; noting that there were other uses currently in the zoning code where manufac- turing wouldn't be appropriate at a number of sites. Councilmember Willmus recognized the historical use of some of those sites, and took into account Councilmember Pust's comments regarding a community process undertaken to change or re-guide properties. Councilmember Willmus stated that he would be open to looking at some sort of change or addition, but wasn't sure he wanted to bring retail uses into the mix in this fashion.