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TWIN LAKES BACKGROUND REPORT 00/21/02) REQUEST: Property owners, N orthco Real Estate, St Paul Properties, Hagen, and Reco/Regan have requested that the City Council/Planning Commission discuss the merits of either: 1) not rezoning any Twin Lakes land to B-6 until a redevelopment proposal is in hand, or 2) expanding the "pre-existing, nonconforming use" text definition and exceptions for their land uses and buildings within the proposed Twin Lakes "B-6" rezoning area. The applicants' purpose would be to allow "pre-existing, nonconforming lots, uses and structures" to expand, intensify, or change to another "nonconforming" use in order to stabilize the lease and cash flow as well as retain or expand existing and new tenants. In July 2002, the City Council requested that the Planning Commission review the case and provide further recommendations regarding the ''pre-existing non conforming lots, uses and structures". Since July the applicants have been working with staff and the City Attorney to develop more explicit language dealing with the "non-conforming use" issue. At the same time they have pointed out other areas in the ordinance where clarification was necessary. Attached are their proposals. 1.0 BACKGROUND: 1.1 In September of 200 1, the City of Roseville established in its Comprehensive Plan a "Business Park" designation. The Twin Lakes Business Park Master Plan was approved with that designation. On October 24,2001, the Metropolitan Council approved the designation of "Business Park" within the Twin Lakes Master Plan Amendment to the City of Roseville Comprehensive Plan. The Commission formally reviewed this item on November 14, 2001. 1.2 During the fall of 2001 the Community Development Department reviewed the Roseville Zoning Ordinance to determine whether it was preferable to create a separate zoning district for Twin Lakes or revise the existing district. The staff concluded that the existing (at that time) B-6, Office Park District could be amended with the new language consistent with a mixed-use business park such as Twin Lakes. 1.3 A "Mixed Use Business Park District" is defined as a geographically identifiable area which contains a consistent architectural mix of office, office-laboratory, office- showroom-warehousing, bio-technical, biomedical, high-tech software and hardware production uses with support services such as limited or specialized retail, health, fitness, lodging and multifamily housing. Most of these uses can be connected by pedestrian way as well as roadway. PF3359-RCA(102102) Page 3 of 13