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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 25, 2013 Page 9 Mr. Paschke advised that when the Comprehensive Plan update was in process, some areas were reviewed where boundaries appeared to make sense; however, others like this one had not been talked about, but boundaries shifted. Mr. Paschke displayed a 2007 land use map that identified industrial manufacturing properties believed to be a good spot for RBD; however, the long-term impacts were not always taken into consideration and thus the problem areas identified by staff at this time. Mr. Paschke agreed with Mayor Roe's statement that there was a high premium on retail properties, especially around the Rosedale Mall, and he didn't see limited production use as an interest in those areas. If the City Council directs staff to further research an RBD-2 zoning designation, Mr. Paschke noted that it would require a separate zoning map amendment to cre- ate that district. However, Mr. Paschke noted that the questioned remained if oth- er types of uses having a limited production/processing component to their busi- ness model (e.g. brew pubs) could locate in the RBD-2, as they are not currently a permitted use in the RBD. Councilmember Willmus advised that his intent was to keep office uses on the west side of Fairview Avenue and not relocate to Target or Best Buy as an exam- ple in the future. Councilmember Willmus opined that by creating an RBD-2 des- ignation for areas west of Fairview Avenue would accomplish everything the City Council was discussing; and he further opined that it was a great idea. Mayor Roe stated that he would be opposed to creation/segregation of an RBD-2 zoning district for the purpose of maximizing flexibility for uses not even thought of yet for limited production in retail areas; but not offering those same concerns for existing production uses. Mayor Roe opined that he wasn't sure he wanted that level of specificity, further opining that a brew pub use, for example, may be more interested in locating in a retail-oriented area, but would be prohibited from doing so if an RBD-2 district was created. Mayor Roe further noted that the limited production use could be added to the RBD, with the scheduled review of the Comprehensive Plan and zoning code in a few years providing an opportunity to check to see whether that change was working as intended, if that check did not happen sooner. Further discussion ensued related to various areas of concern or applied use, in- cluding not supporting the Conditional Use option; extending the Office Business Park zoning designation on the west side of Prior Avenue to deal with those uses while not precluding retail uses along Cleveland Avenue; possible RBD-2 desig- nation only covering Rosedale and the Target area without substantial spot zon- ing; and practical issues needing further research by staff, with both positive and negative impacts investigated, for RBD-2 or Office/Business Park zoning desig- nation.