2040 Comprehensive Plan: Envision Shakopee

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MEC MIXED EMPLOYMENT CENTER Employment-generating land uses are critical to Shakopee’s long term economic competitiveness. Mixed employment centers include existing business parks, most notably Valley Green, with a variety of manufacturing, warehousing, office and light industrial businesses. These employment centers are opportunities to introduce additional “front-of-house” office components to existing industrial facilities, and to integrate commercial support services and employee-serving amenity businesses. Workforce-oriented housing may be appropriate within mixed employment centers, provided it is well-integrated and not situated to create conflicts between residential and non-residential land uses.

DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS

Height Range Building Form Setbacks Density Floor Area Ratio Public Space

1 -3 Stories Varies, generally large format designed for flexible interior layout Varies 16 to 30 dwelling units per acre (where residential is present) 0.25 to 2.0 Community parks (e.g. Quarry Lake Park) and greenways

Open Space

Employee amenity spaces, integrated open space/landscape areas, Connections to nearby greenways and trails

Transportation Streets

Automobile, transit, trail connections Designed to balance heavy truck traffic with other modes

Parking

Off-street surface lots

PRIMARYUSES » » Light/Advanced Manufacturing » » Warehousing & Distribution » » Office » » Higher Education

SECONDARYUSES » » Business support services/retail » » Multi-family Residential » » Public and private open spaces

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ENVISION SHAKOPEE | SECTION IV: BUILT ENVIRONMENT