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ZII'�/IMERMAN CQMP�NY 1954 11Nl VERSITY ,�VENIJE To: Officials of Roseville Village Zimmerm�n Offic� Park ha� t ffients wi thin the village limi. t� for usage� cor�.forming wi�h ite prior �o t;he ad�ent of epeQi�i� �il]�ge ma�eter p1,�a. ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55104 644-8456 Jamiary �, 1964 Re: Special Use Permit for Zimnerman Office Park Section il �e diatinctian of being one of the few private develog- wh3ch w�� privately plann�d by Profeseional planner� physical and sociologica7. positioa wf thin the area, usex°s, aa�ad prioy� to the evalvemeat of a comprehens�.ve The uniqueness of such farsightedr��aa h�,e, at times, nece�sitated a m�turing of judge- ment o�► the part of villfa..ge off3cials� who had h�retofore found �.t more expedient to make deci,sione of zoning primar3ly on th� ba�is of a s�eciffe us�r at a�pecific location. �owever, the w�.adom of advanced planning for site development has borne fruit, 3n that Th� Zimmerma.n pffice Park had become the site loc�tion for three of Rosev�lle�� finest privat� institutions. i+�,rthermnre, Zimmerman Oi�fice Park bas s�rved as a villa�e model for a, type of 3ntermediate zoning between the str3ct commercial type and that of single family residence. The �lan.�ers of Z�,mmerman dffice Pa.rk had� of nece�sity, to pla� inclusively rather than exclueivel.y, inasmuch a� future develppment of the park, and of surrounding a.reas, w�re, at the time of such pl.anning, 3.ndet�rminate, Aa a consequ�nce, the pl�nners consid- ered what wou].d b� harmonious, wihhin the development and �he neighborl;ood� and wh�t would not be sot excluding from thi� are€� both retail establishmente aiid single family residenae�, 'but including off3.ce institutions Qnd multiple dwellings. As is apparent, the authors of the villa�e plan conce3ved ef a remarkably similar grouping in their B-1 c].�.s�ificatione The single dep�rtvre from thig has consisted in the requirement of a�pecial uee pexmit for multiple dwelling� �nd some other uaes. Development� of r�cent y�e�rs in the ne3ghborhood: notably, the construction of a la.rge she�pping center complex ir the immed3ate vicinity� have markedly in�rea�ed the feasibility of #h� uaa�e of a por�ion of The zimmerman Office Park for multiple dwelling purp�se$. Such u�age at the present time in no way depar�s from past plannir�g, but complements wha.t 3s alreadv exiscent. As � matt�qr of fact, because traffic conges�tion has drasticr�.11y ��creased at this location 3n th� �illage, it would seem wisest to adapt a po�tr'Cion of the dev�lopment to a usa�;e which ��rould engender n different t,ype of traffie flow, there- by crea�ing minimal addition to the prablem� Already exietent.