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Special City Council Meeting Thursday, February 20, 2014 Page 14 cussion, but that the City should be aware of what the market wanted, noting that it may not be what the community wants, but suggested a happy medium could be found. Mr. Trudgeon noted the tortuous path periodically taken by the City, as referenced by developers, with this discussion prompted by the Wal-Mart development and related issues and potential conflicts in the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code for CMU Districts. Mr. Trudgeon suggested that the City Council as a policy board and staff maybe needed to look at how we got here and suggesting five dif- ferent subdistricts. Mr. Trudgeon noted that he was hearing tonight that re- strictions were not necessary, and if the solution was to go back to the CMU, it could simply be solved with a few tweaks and fixing the Comprehensive Plan to address any incompatibilities. Mr. Trudgeon noted that this would allow for a va- riety of uses in the CMU, all remaining one color, even though he had heard a number of issues with that as well. If that was the decision, Mr. Trudgeon opined that the City needed to be prepared for uses they may not want next to Langton Lake Park if strict definitions were not provided for what is permitted; and accept- ing that the zoning code currently allows those uses. As long as everyone re- mained aware of that, Mr. Trudgeon guaranteed that developers would start knocking on the doors seeking to develop the properties, even though they would lean toward retail uses, since that is the current interest; noting that the Compre- hensive Plan modification could address that versus this current process. Mr. Paschke, from his role in interpreting codes, noted the different areas in Twin Lakes that were and could develop well in advance of the expiration of the current Comprehensive Plan expiration in 7 — 9 years; as well as areas that may stay the same as they are currently for the long-term, with certain areas showing no inter- est in redeveloping. Mr. Paschke opined that the market would only look at cer- tain spots, what he considered to be Phase I of the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area, but not newer buildings built under many future phases. Other than that, Mr. Paschke advised that there wasn't a whole lot of interest in development in that area, with properties not at the point allowing purchase and redevelopment to make them work. Mr. Paschke opined that the multiple colors were not all that prescriptive from what currently was in the boxes under CMU, simply identifying areas from past discussions to place certain uses better suited as a focus for that area and comple- mentary to other uses already there. Mr. Paschke opined that the right balance could never be achieved unless the CMU was left with minor tweaks to allow whatever came in whenever it wanted. Mr. Paschke further opined that the pur- pose of planning and zoning was to be prescriptive and to guide the community to avoid certain uses in areas where they are not appropriate, which is exercise re- cently completed and subsequent colors articulated on the referenced maps.