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This section deals with strategies to handle stormwater runoff and preserving the water quality in the lakes. This section was also developed by the City Engineer and Barr Engineering. Implementation The section outlines a variety of tools that can be used to implement the Comprehensive Plan. The central tool is the Zoning Ordinance, which is required by law. The section recommends a few minor changes in the Zoning Ordinance. Other strategies such as redevelopment planning, master planning, or neighborhood planning could be considered. The previous Comprehensive Plan broke the community into neighborhood groups, which were bound by physical boundaries. Those boundaries were not necessarily the boundaries the residents considered their neighborhood boundaries. New Brighton might look at those neighborhoods and reconsider the boundaries. Scheib asked for questions from the Planning Commission. Zisla referred to Section 5.7, and asked about the section marked in green. Livingston stated it is church property and is not available for general use by the residents. Teague stated the area should have been designated “Public or Quasi-Public.” Livingston suggested that the area where the Public Works garage is located be designated “Public or Quasi-Public.” Zisla asked if the City plans to covert that site to a park. Teague stated the City has no immediate plans for the site. Zisla asked if a conflict between current land use and projected land use would exist in areas other than in the Old Highway 8 Corridor area. Teague outlined the four major changes in the new Comprehensive Plan: ? Service station on Long Lake Road just south of the high school. The Task Force recommended that the site be designated as Neighborhood Business. Baker stated he thought a gas station had to be located in a B-2 district. Teague responded a gas station would be a B-3 zoning. Baker stated the gas station is nonconforming currently. Teague stated the thought was to make the station work under a neighborhood business designation. ? New Brighton Road - current beauty salon. The existing Comprehensive Plan calls for single family homes there. The Task Force recommended designating that site as neighborhood business to be consistent with the existing use. ? Silver Lake Road and Rice Creek Road, the northeast quadrant of the intersection, which is across from the new SuperAmerica. Construction will begin soon on the Hollywood Video Store. The existing Comprehensive Plan calls for General Business; the proposed change is for Limited Business, which is more suited for office uses. ? Old Highway 8 (turns to the west, where Tom Thumb is located). That site is part of a redevelopment proposal, which will be some type of high density residential use. Zisla asked if those were the areas where inconsistencies between the current land use and the Comprehensive Plan designation exist. Zisla asked if Hollywood Video begins life as a new building that is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Teague responded Hollywood Video is currently consistent with the Plan; under the recommended zoning change, it becomes inconsistent with the plan. Zisla referred to page 5.11. Zisla suggested considering reducing neighborhood business lots to less than four to six acres rather than eight acres. Scheib stated typical neighborhood businesses are five to ten acres in size. The nature of video stores needs to be clarified. Zisla referred to page 5.12. Zisla suggested that “banking I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\MINUTES\1999\08-17-99.WPD 4