Kansas City, Mo. ? One of the top complaints visitors have about the Kansas City Zoo is its large size, which can make it difficult to see all the animal park’s far-flung exhibits.

A master plan for the next decade, presented this week to the Friends of the Zoo, offers suggestions for making the 202-acre zoo more user-friendly while also increasing revenues and entertainment options.

“One of the things we want to do is change the perception of the zoo,” said Michael A. Schaadt, a principal with PGAV architects who worked on the master plan. “To go from ‘It’s big, it’s hot, it can be intimidating’ to ‘The zoo is just right for me.'”

The plan suggests essentially dividing the zoo into three separate areas, allowing visitors to enjoy one area and come back later to see the rest.

Zoo officials are already working on some parts of the plan but other sections would have to wait until funding sources are found. The architects did not include cost estimates.