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31 Uses 32 An integral part of having an area develop in the way desired is to carefully review uses 33 to determine what uses should be permitted and uses that should not be allowed. Plese 34 note that use charts are better served when they do not try to include every possible use, 35 which lead to bulky and hard to read charts and create problems in the future when new 36 types of uses come forward. Instead, it is better to create broad categories that 37 encompass desired uses for the area (i.e. personal services, office, retail sales). This not 38 only provides flexibility for the market to determine the desirable use for the parcel, it 39 also allows for new uses to be allowed as long as they fall within the category of an 40 allowed use. If there is a specific use that is not desired (i.e. large-format retail), then it 41 should specifically be listed as not permitted. With that context, the City Council should 42 discuss uses within Twin Lakes with the following in mind. 43 1)Should retail be allowed in Twin Lakes? Should there be limitations on what 44 retail is allowed based on size, type of goods, or other factor? Should certain 45 retail be prohibited? 46 2)If the City creates zoning sub-districts, where are appropriate areas for retail 47 to be located? 48 3)If the City maintains the CMU zoning district and Comprehensive Plan Land 49 Use Plan for the Twin Lakes area, should a clearer distinction be made in the 50 zoning code on what a community use is compared to a regional use? 51 4)What others uses should be more clearly allowed? 52 5)What other uses should be clearly prohibited? 53 54 Regulating Plan 55 56 As previously discussed, the Twin Lakes Regulating Plan is currently incorporated into 57 the Roseville Zoning Code. It currently only covers Sub-Area 1 of the Twin Lakes area. 58 The regulating plan prescribes building form and location, architectural and design 59 standards, pedestrian and parking lot location and amenties, and location of green 60 corridors. It does not regulate uses within Twin Lakes. In a lot of respects, the Twin 61 Lakes Regulating Plan gives the Twin Lakes areas its uniqueness, as it prescribes a much 62 higher level of design and pedestrian interface than the City Code does. So from that 63 perspective, it is desirable to keep the Twin Lakes Regulating Plan in place so that Twin 64 Lakes remains a unique area of the City. 65 66 Keeping the concept of a regulating plan for Twin Laes doesn’t mean the current 67 regulations are perfect. The City Council should review the regulating plan and discuss 68 what should be kept, modified, revised, and added. Some items that the City Council 69 should discuss include: 70 71 1)Should a regulating plan be completed for other areas of Twin Lakes? If so, 72 should they be similar to the existing plan or be different in order to take into 73 account differences in geographic locations, surrounding neighbhorhoods, 74 etc? 75 Page 2 of 4