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1) Existing uses, whether conforming to the B-6 district requirements. as permitted uses, PUDs, or non-conforming uses, may remain in their current locations and configuration as long as they wish to operate there. However, expansion and/or intensification of pre-existing non-conforming uses will not be permitted. (See City Attorney Jamnik's description of non-conforming uses, dated 06/05/02. Also see the B-6 Zoning District Ordinance of 12/17/01 for permitted uses.) 2) Conforming uses that wish to expand will be evaluated on a case by case basis as to whether the expansion will meet the size, area, and improvement requirements of the Environmental Impact Statement done for the Twin Lakes Master Plan as well as those of the B-6 zone at the time they apply for a building permit, or at such earlier time as the property owner requests such a determination. In general, a pre-existing use expanding in an existing building is permitted. A mix of existing uses, some permitted some not permitted, being renovated or expanded within the walls of the existing building, and meeting the environmental, life/safety, and building code requirements, will be allowed. 3) Truck traffic should be minimized as much as possible and still serve the needs of the businesses in the Business Park. Distribution companies and truck terminals with fleets of trucks are encouraged to locate west ofI-35W in the remaining industrial areas. 4) By design and management, traffic should have incentives created by the road system to use the Parkway and Interstate; County Road C, and Snelling Avenue as much as possible. Traffic should be discouraged from using Fairview A venue and cutting through the adjoining residential areas. 5) Noise in a business park must meet the MnPCA Noise Standards and should be compatible with office, research, laboratory, and residential uses which may be next door. Industrial and manufacturing noises such as air horns, high pitched or pressure releasing exhausts, whistles, and engine whines, dust bag banging, metal stamping are acceptable in industrial districts, but new uses with such sound emissions would not be permitted in a B-6 business park district. 6) Air quality is another concern. New industrial equipment in a pre-existing use will be considered intensification if it emits more untreated exhausts or may create nuisance or sickening situations either on the site or in nearby sites. 7) Surface water is also a concern. New untreated runoff from buildings or roofs, without on-site corresponding holding basins, will be considered intensification. 2