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11. Restrict loading and unloading zones on the front to the sides and rear of industrial buildings. 12. Insure development of adequate off-street parking to serve new and existing industrial uses through adoption and revision of appropriate site planning standards. 13. Where existing parking facilities have proven inadequate, encourage industry to improve and expand parking facilities; where possible encourage the use of multi-level and underground parking structures to reduce excessive use of land area for parking. 14. Require specific site plam1ing and landscape plans to ensure completion of adequate site beautification. Set standards for site improvements and review each specific development. 15. Facilitate the development of office at the northwest corner ofI-35W and Highway 36. Encourage office and light industry facing the I-35w corridor. 16. Prohibit retail sales development within industrial districts, except in mixed use planned unit developments. Section 7 of the Comprehensive Plan states: General City Goals & Policies Related to Business Growth and the Redevelopment of Property Support Business Development that Increases the Tax Base and Adds Quality Jobs 1. Encourage quality business and industrial development where such business and industry can contribute social, economic, and aesthetic value to the community. 2. Encourage high intensity use of remaining industrial land, especially west of 1-35W and north of County Road B-2, to achieve maximum efficiency and a stable tax base. 3. Give priority to City and County State Aid roads in major industrial (and commercial) areas to give maximum assistance to development of such properties as a means of improving the tax base. Strive for Beautification & Quality Design: 4. Eliminate blight and prevent deterioration of buildings and infrastructure. Strive for better aesthetic appeal with the use of quality design standards for new development and redevelopment. 2