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COMPREHENSIVE PlAN AMENDMENr . 1WlN LAKES AREA Page 2 site, north of County Road C at Prior Avenue, and while the store eventually was constructed elsewhere, it is evidence of more intense de- velopment interest in the area. Because of these changes, and expanded de- velopment opportunities in many areas around the Rosedale Shopping Center, the City Council commissioned a special planning study of this area, involving numerous workshops, public informational meetings, and formal public hearings, culminating in this amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. Location The Twin Lakes Area is located in northern Roseville seven miles from downtown Min- neapolis, nine miles from downtown St. Paul and thirteen miles from the International Air- port. The interchange of Interstate 35W with County Road C has direct access onto Cleveland Avenue at the west edge of the study area and gives the area immediate ex- cellent access to the entire Metropolitan Inter- state Highway system and to the region beyond. ' Within Roseville the study ,area is just a half mile north of Rosedale and its associated developments, via Fairview or Snelling Avenues. Across 1-35W to the west is the newly completed Rosedale Corporate Plaza, and to the south across the new County Road B2 bridge high-rise office towers are con- templated for the Roseville Corporate Center. The study area currently consists of 281.0 acres, broken down approximately as follows: Commercial Industrial Low Density Residential _ Parks Right-of-Way TOTAL 43.5 acres 174.3 acres 12.1 acres 34.9 acres 16.2 acres 281.0 acres Land Use and Zoning The existing Land Use Plan for the City guides the area as predominantly I - Industrial, with B - Business guided for the Snelling Avenue frontage as well as the corners on County Road C at Fairview and Cleveland. Both Langton Lake Park and Oasis Park are reserved as public park and the area between and north of the parks is guided LR - Low Density Residential. The zoning follows the Land Use Plan closely with the exception of the Rosedale Square Shopping Center, the Centre Point Project, and the Indianhead site which have been rezoned to Business zones. The trend is as noted earlier, from predominantly industrial zoning to more retail and office zoning. The City also wants to provide a wide range of housing opportunities for its present and future residents, and this summer commis- sioned a study of multiple housing in Roseville (see Rental Housing Analysis, Apartment Data Report). The study found that the apartment vacancy rate in the City is extremely low and that there is a market for an additional 100 units per year of multiple housing in Roseville into the next century. Opportunities for mul- tiple housing were therefore made a part of this Plan amendment. Goals The amended Land Use Plan embodies the following goals for the Twin Lakes area: 1) The City encourages Office uses where most appropriate: on Cleveland Ave- nue, where they have immediate access to the freeway, the highest visibility, and the opportunity to take advantage of views to Langton Lake Park. 2) The City encourages Retail uses where most appropriate: along County Road C, where shoppers will have easy access from the Rosedale area, from their job locations in the study area, and from other areas of the City. CITY OF ROSEVllLE