09/15/94 Jt. Planning and Zoning & EDC

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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 ga'mstrong 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. This 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 fiver. 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 regional office uses would need to be evaluated. Figure 6: Western Brid~:e Alignment, Alternative #1 In this alternative, which arose during the planning process, the Mississippi P,.iver 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. I0 on the west. Traffic from 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 CP, 116 to the east. CR 116 also acts as an access road to businesses west of Armstrong, which allows the elirrfination of direct access onto HWY. 10. However, CR 116 would be more a local collector west of the bridge road, servicing the residential uses. Away fi.om the Hwy. l0 corridor, Single Family Residential dominates land uses west of Armstrong. East of the bridge road, CR 116 serves as a divider between residential and non-residential land uses, w/th 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. l0 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 wqthin the Business Warehouse and Industrial areas north of the tracks. The road between the highway and the tracks allows the elimination of direct access onto hwy. 10, reducing highway congestiQn, while still providing good access to the businesses along the highway. North of CR 116, Single Family Residential designation beans at the golf course and continues east along the north side of 149th Ave. NE to the landfill site. Between 149th and CR 116 is 7