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Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to approve the proposed site plan for a self-service car wash on Lot 1, Block 1, Rivers Bend Plaza 2nd Addition contingent upon compliance with City Staff review letter dated July 3, 2003, revised July 17, 2003. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, and Councilmembers Zimmerman, Kurak, Elvig, Cook, and Pearson. Voting No: None. Case #14: Introduction of the Town Center Zoning District Councilmember Kurak abstained from the discussion. Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon stated that City Staff along with the Town Center Task Force and Planning Commission have been working on a new zoning district for the Ramsey Town Center during the past year. The new district, entitled Town Center Zoning District will cover the area to be developed as the Ramsey Town Center. The Town Center Zoning District will govern the type and intensity of uses within the Ramsey Town Center development. The Town Center Zoning District was being proposed to apply to the land being developed as the Ramsey Town Center and additional land west of Armstrong that was designated as mixed-use on the Comprehensive Plan. The Town Center District is comprised of a number of distinct Sub-Districts intended to define the type and intensity of uses, location of amenities and overall character of development. The Town Center District has been written to provide flexibility in how the Town Center is developed, yet give enough guidance to ensure that what is being proposed as Ramsey Town Center will occur. To further ensure that the vision of the Town Center will happen, the Town Center District also incorporates the Town Center Master Plan and the Town Center Development Guidelines. A copy of these documents have been provided with the case for your information. The Town Center Zoning District also governs the use of signs in the Town Center by regulating the size, type, and location of signs in the Town Center. Parking requirements are also addressed in the Town Center Zoning District. The Town Center District outlines some minimum standards and encourages the use of shared parking. More importantly, the new code requires that a parking plan be submitted as part of the approval process. It is anticipated that the parking plan will identify locations where shared parking can take place and also identify strategic locations for parking areas. At their July l0th meeting, the Planning Commission recommend approval of the Town Center Zoning District ordinance. Assistant Community Development Director also noted that the TC~3 district in the Comprehensive Plan is identified as Places to Work, which most uses will be, but it may be more appropriate to be designed at mixed use. The other area north of C.R. #116 is currently identified as low and medium density in the Comprehensive Plan and it would make sense as well for that area to be mixed use. No action was necessary on those two issues at this time, but he just wanted to make the Council aware for future discussions. City Council/July 22, 2003 Page 26 of 33