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• Item # 5.2.
City of �
Elk River MEMORANDUM
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Michele McPherson;Director of Planning
DATE: March 27, 2001
SUBJECT: Case No. OA 01-03
Request by City of Elk River to Amend Section 900.08 and 900.10.5. -
Government Office and Facilities
Request
The Planning Commission is asked to review and evaluate an amendment to
change the definition of government buildings and facilities, and government
offices, and to amend the residential district requirements to allow, as a permitted
• use, government offices.
Attachments
• Definitions, Governmental Buildings and Facilities; Governmental Offices
• Single Family Residential Permitted and Conditional Uses
Analysis
As a result of the public testimony regarding the recent land use and zone
change request by Hoyt Partners and Sherburne County to change certain
property from residential to business park, the Commission directed staff to
amend the definitions of government buildings and facilities, governmental
offices, and to allow governmental offices as a permitted use in the single family
zoning districts.
Attached please find a draft ordinance amendment with the changes as reviewed
by the Planning Commission at the February 13, 2001 special meeting.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission, if it finds the attached
• language acceptable, recommend approval of the ordinance amendment for
government offices and facilities to the City Council.
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13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD & Phone (763) 441-7420 • Fax (763)441-7425
GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES: Any building, structure, or
• facility for the purpose of a facility serving certain governmental
functions. These uses are intended to include uses that are
supportive of governmental functions such as public works facilities,
corrcctional faciliticc, jails, courthouses, and waste handling or
processing facilities. These uses are intended to be distinguished
from "governmental offices' and "essential services. "
GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES: Any facility, building, and structure for the
purpose of providing governmental services to the general public.
Uses intended are generally compatible with office and residential
uses and include city offices, county offices, courthoucca, jailc
operated on the camc cite and as part of a city or county courthouac,
libraries, and post offices. These uses are intended for the direct
provision of governmental services to the public as distinguished from
governmental buildings and facilities.
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• R-1 - Single Family Residential
A. Permitted Uses
i. Single family dwelling
ii. Licensed day-care facilities for 12 or fewer
children
iii. Model homes in compliance with Section 900 .20,
Subsection 13
iv. Agricultural uses in R-la (more than 5 acre lot
size)
v. Public parks, playgrounds and open space vi .
Permitted home occupations
vi. Truck tractor and/or trailer parking (non-platted
parcels five (5) acres in size or greater within the R-la)
vii . Open space preservation development plats within
Rla (Residential Clustering)
• viii. Governmental Offices
B. Accessory Uses
i . Accessory farm structures
ii. Public shelters and essential services
iii. Garages and sheds including metal skin buildings
in R-la districts.
iv. Private recreational facilities
C. Conditional Uses
i. Conditional home occupations
ii. Fairground facilities
iii. Golf courses and Country Clubs
iv. Governmental buildings and facilities
v. Temporary mobile homes consistent with Section
• 900 .20
vi. Institutional uses
• vii. Licensed daycare facilities in institutional
buildings
viii.Agricultural uses in R-la (less than 5 acre lot
size)
ix. Agricultural uses in R-lb, R-lc, R-ld, and R-le
(5 acre minimum lot size)
x. Feedlots in R-la
xii. Commercial kennels in R-la
xiii. Private kennels in R-la
xiv. Truck tractor and/or trailer parking (platted parcels
or parcels less than five (5) acres in size within the R-
la)
xv. Cooperative gardening in preserved open space
xvi. Horticulture and floriculture services in preserved
open space
• xvii. Private stables in preserved open space
xviii . Wayside stand in preserved open space
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• Sherburne County le
ADMINISTRATOR
BRIAN BENSEN
March 22, 2001 13880 Highway 10
Elk River, MN 55330-4601
(763) 241-2701 O 1-800-433-5229
Michele McPherson, Director of Planning website: www.co.sherburne.mn.us
email:admin@co.sherburne.mn.us
City of Elk River
P.O. Box 490
Elk River, MN 55330
Re: Case No. OA 01-03
Request to Amend Section 900.08 and 900.10.5 —
Government Office and Facilities
Ms. McPherson:
Thank you for meeting with our County Board to explain and discuss the proposals and
• definitions. That was very helpful, and I appreciate your time.
I believe I understand the intent of the City Planning Commission is to allow most
County (governmental)functions to be Permitted Uses in the Residential District. The
exceptions, uses that could potentially create a larger impact on neighboring residences,
would be listed as Conditional Uses in the Residential District. These Conditional Uses
would include jails, public works facilities and waste handling facilities. The proposed
ordinance changes would clarify the definitions and, I believe, would answer concerns of
our neighbors.
After discussion with the County Board, I am forwarding one request for your
consideration. If the Planning Commission and City Council feel the change in
definitions and the change in what is a permitted vs. a conditional use is a reasonable
solution, one change from the proposed language is necessary. The proposal put
"courthouses" in one definition while differentiating "county offices" in another. We
would have great difficulty deciding where a courthouse ends and a county office
building begins. Does the office of the County Attorney go in the courthouse or office
building? Does it matter when using impact on the neighborhood as a standard? I think
not, and request that"courthouse" remain in the definition of Governmental Offices, and
thus would be permitted in the district.
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An Equal Opportunity Employer
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Michele McPherson
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Please forward this request to the Planning Commission and City Council on our behalf.
I will not be able to attend the Planning Commission meeting in March but will be
available for the City Council on April 16`n
Thank you again for your efforts toward a reasonable solution.
Si/ - ely,
J. Bensen
County Administrator
CC: Betsy Wergin, Sherburne County Board Chair
Pat Klaers, Elk River City Administrator
Tim Brausen, Assistant County Attorney
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