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The commercial industrial goals and policies of the City of Roseville are described in Section 3 of the Comprehensive Plan. The broad planning principles that were used in the Twin Lakes Renewal Process include the following: �� Create a buffer to protect and enhance the public enjoyment of Langton Lake �� Protect the residential neighborhoods with less intrusive land uses .�� Create a livable environmentwith a mix of uses 4� Create compatibility between uses and building designs �� Minimize the impact of commercial traffic onto residential streets; reduce congestion at main intersections �k Clean up soil and groundwater pollution �� Provide a range of quality jobs #�� Divers� tcr� base �� Provide a flexible land use plan �� Locate uses in areas where they can best take advantage of necessary market forces In addition, the Plan embodies the following policies: 1) The City encourages of,�ce and ofice-high tech assembly, and medical and biotech uses where they have immediate access to County Roads and the freeway. 2) The City encourages limited, integrated or mixed-use "support" retail, restaurant and lodging uses in appropriate locations, where customers will have easy access from their job locations in Twin Lakes Business Park and from the Rosedale area. 3) The City encouragesa mix of office and high-tech uses with multiple residential uses where they can take advantage of the amenities offered by the parks westand south of Oasis Park, and in a mixed Office/Residential area on the west and southeast sides of Langton Lake. In effect the multiple residence areas become the "new edge" to the existing adjoining residential areas. 4) The City allows existing non-conforming uses, most notably the trucking operations, to remain as pre-existing, nonconforming uses until a more compatible, permitted business park use succeeds the trucking use. If the City should decide to rezone, the City will adopt zoning or a planned unit developmentin which these non-conforminguses may remain, but will be encouraged to move to newer, more environmentallycompatible areas specifically designed and supported by roads and infi�astructurefor such uses, consistentwith this Plan or in other approved metropolitan areas. 5) The City encourages quality site design in new developments, to include landscaping, signage, berming, lighting, location of multi-story buildings with buildings, parking and access, and other elements which will ensure compatibility with adjacent land uses, and with their own internalfunctioning. It will be the responsibility of new development to ��8.�_'i�ln=L�s—�va'��rrx��3�A04Page 13