Item 5.4 • Item # 5.4.
City of
Elk _
River
MEMORANDUM
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Michele McPherson;Director of Planning
DATE: November 20, 2002
SUBJECT: Case No. OA 02-05
Request by the City of Elk River for the Recodification of
Chapter 900 entitled "Zoning"
Request
The Planning Commission is asked to recommend that Chapter 900 entitled"Zoning" be
1111 recodified as part of the recodification of the City Code.
Attachments
• Land Development Regulations prepared by Municipal Code Corporation
Analysis
The City of Elk River has entered into a long-term contract with Municipal Code
Corporation for the purposes of recodifying and maintaining the City's City Code. Chapter
900, entitled "Zoning" is located within the City Code. Because the Statute requires the
Planning Commission to conduct a public hearing for all text amendments to the Zoning
Code,the Planning Commission is asked to review the changes prepared by Municipal Code
Corporation.
The Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances have been combined into Chapter 30,titled"Land
Development Regulations". The regulations,as well as the entire City Code,will be available
on the website, and they can be purchased in the form provided to the Commission. The
changes between Chapter 900 and Chapter 30 are summarized below:
1. A reorganization of the land development regulations such that all definitions are in one
section. These definitions include those that may have been included in separate
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sections such as the Shoreland,Wild and Scenic,Floodplain,Landscaping,or other areas
of Chapter 900.
Memo to Planning Commission/OA 02-05
November 26,2002
Page 2
• 2. Corrections to typographic and grammatical errors found throughout the document.
3. Changes in references from the Building and Zoning Administrator to the Chief Building
Official in multiple sections.
4. Removal of outdated sections and references.
5. Grouping of districts by residential,commercial and industrial. Each grouping includes
uses and setbacks specific to that grouping.
6. Reorganization of performance standards, especially those relating to pedestrian and
vehicular circulation. In Chapter 900 these standards were in several unrelated sections.
7. The use of tables and charts to communicate setback and other similar standards.
8. Numerous minor changes to clarify the intent of the ordinance.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the recodification
of Section 900 to Chapter 30 and re-titled as "Land Development Regulations".
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