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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,December 9, 2013 Page 30 provided a good basis of language that gets to that scale and impact. If there re- mained any ambiguities, Mayor Roe opined that they needed better refinement, with the Regional Business designation serving as a good example. Mayor Roe spoke in support of building on what was there versus scrapping it; and as an ex- ample, opined that there was always going to be the possibility of a grocery store use, and whether big or small would determine whether it could be built in a par- ticular district. Councilmember Laliberte sought to clarify staff's request for a broader definition and zoning documents that would providing more detail. Mr. Paschke concurred with Councilmember Laliberte's perception of the request; noting that the Comprehensive Plan provided the broad definition and the Zoning Ordinance provided the detail. Mr. Paschke advised that this was what staff was advocating; with options to create two separate designations, or leave them as they are, depending on how the City Council directed staff. Mr. Paschke noted that most communities have "business" as their land use designation, then create their zoning districts around that designation. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Paschke opined that these catego- ries are unique to the City of Roseville, in having commercial districts set up in four(4) distinct districts in the Comprehensive Plan designation. Mayor Roe opined that it may be a worthwhile exercise to identify those ambigui- ties and address them for each definition: CB, RB and NB, noting the difficulty in going through them without a Comprehensive Plan reference at hand. As a next step, Mayor Roe suggested a look at each proposed area needing chang- ing from staff's perspective, to receive City Council input. Councilmember Etten further suggested, if there was a more common way that other cities accomplished this, to look at that common methodology, and where the City of Roseville was found to be outside those parameters, to consider a less wordy way to address the goal. Councilmember Etten admitted that this had been a real struggle to work through and only left him with more questions. Coun- cilmember Etten stated that he would like some concrete examples from other communities. Councilmember Willmus also noted the need for feedback from commercial property owners on this path. Mr. Trudgeon advised that notice had not been given citywide, but those in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area, who were currently on the e-mail notification list, had been and would continue to be alerted; and seeking their feedback about this direction would be part of the next step.