Minutes - Planning Commission - 07/06/1994 - Special Jt Mtg

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Land south of Hwy. 10 is predominantly designated Single Family Residential. Other areas along the highway also are proposed for more intense uses. An area east of Ramsey Blvd. provides for High Density Residential. The area on the highway at Armstrong Blvd. is designated Commercial to provides the new residential areas with retail services. A frontage/access road runs along the south side of HWY. 10, providing access to the residential and commercial areas. Tiffs eliminates the need for direct access on and offthe highway and reduces highway congestion. It is proposed that parkland be expanded to include the Hwy. 10/bridge road interchange. In addition to the frontage road along the highway, a collector road provides access to the Single Family areas between Hwy. 10 and the river. The area bounded by this residential collector requires more study. A single family residential designation is appropriate for the present and the immediate future. However, as commercial uses and traffic are affected by a bridge, the need for more community and regional retail uses and reg/onal office uses would need to be evaluated. Figure 6: Western Bridge Alignment, Alternative #1 In this alternative, which arose during the planning process, the Mississippi River bridge would be constructed south of Puma St. The bridge road would terminate at CR 116, the east-west collector connecting TH 47 on the east and Hwy. 10 on the west. Traffic fi'om the bridge would be directed either onto Hwy. 10 via a diamond interchange, or over the highway for access to the commercial and industrial uses along CR 116 to the east. CR 116 also acts as an access road to businesses west of Armstrong, which allows the elimination of direct access onto HWY. 10. However, CK 116 would be more a local collector west of the bridge road, servicing the residential uses. Away from the Hwy. 10 corridor, Single Family Residential dominates land uses west of A.nnstrong. East of the bridge road, CR 116 serves as a divider between residential and non-residemial land uses, with higher density residential near the road. The area along Hwy. 10 east of the bridge road is designated Community Commercial. An Office/Business Park designation then follows Hwy. 10 to Ramsey Blvd. The area along Hwy. 10 east of Ramsey Blvd. and west of Sunfish Lake Blvd. is designated for Highway Commercial uses. Two business access roads provide access to the businesses here and within the Business Warehouse and Industrial areas horth of the tracks. The road between the highway and the tracks allows the elimination of direct'access onto hwy. t 0, reducing highway congestion, while still providing good access to the.businesses along the highway. North ofCK 116, Single Family Residential designation beg/ns at the golf course and continues east along the noah side of 149th Ave. NE to the landfill site. Between 149th and CK 116 is 7