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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 27, 2017 Page 13 Excluding the conflict over the Centre Pointe area, Councilmember Etten noted other areas currently zoned office/business park that abutted single-family resi- dential, especially in the western portion of the city. Therefore, Councilmember Etten reiterated his interest in having a clearly designated zoning in place instead of relying conditional use pieces to be debated for those areas. Mayor Roe noted the good point brought up by Mr. Paschke regarding 2040 com- prehensive plan designations and intended distinctions between office and em- ployment districts, and questioned staff on whether the council should attempt consistencies with that. Mr. Paschke suggested that the council continue to act on this during interim; and then after adoption of the 2040 comprehensive plan and subsequent zoning desig- nations were addressed and those uses that could take up to another two years through the public process, including Planning Commission public hearings and City Council considerations, they could be solidified accordingly. Mr. Paschke advised that the property owner and applicant were present in tonight's audience and may shed some light on those boundaries. Mayor Roe sought additional comment on how the council wanted to address this area for the next 2-3 years as the rezoning process goes forward. If the intent is to go with two distinct office/business park designations, Mayor Roe noted the need to guide which locations were designated 1 or 2, and sought council direction to staff tonight. Mayor Roe noted that the application currently before the City Council required action by December 5, 2017 unless the applicant or council sought a 60-day extension. Based on this application, Mr. Paschke noted challenges over the years to a num- ber of similarly-zoned properties held by Transwestern and other property own- ers. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Paschke confirmed that if an outdoor storage use came forward, the applicant could seek approval of through a conditional use application, depending on the principle use of the property; thus the storage throughout this area, either permitted, or pre-existing nonconforming, or permit- ted use. Willmus moved, Etten seconded, the creation of Office/Business Park-2 des- ignation to generally include the geographic area south of County Road C, west of Fairview Avenue, east of Cleveland Avenue, and including properties immediately fronting on the north and south side of Oakcrest Avenue; re- taining the current Office/Business Park designation in other areas; and di- recting staff to look at the definitions and Table 1006.01 changes to Of- fice/Business Park 2 as currently included in Office/Business Park designa- tion, with warehousing "not permitted" in existing Office/Business Park as