10.2. SR 02-04-2019Request for Action
To
Item Number
Work Session
10.2
Agenda Section
Meeting Date
Prepared by
Work Session
February 4, 2019
Zack Carlton, Planning Manager
Item Description
Reviewed by
Institutional Uses in the Downtown District
Cal Portner, City Administrator
Reviewed by
Action Requested
Provide staff with direction regarding Institutional Uses in the Downtown Zoning District
Background/Discussion
On March 19, 2018, the City Council adopted Ordinance 18-03 which removed schools and in-patient
medical facilities as a conditional use in the Downtown Zoning District. Institutional Uses require a CUP
in the C-1, C-2, C-3, and all residential districts. Institutional Uses are not allowed in any of the city's
industrial districts.
The definition of Institutional Use was adopted in 1988 and has not changed.
Institutional use means a place or facility P)hich is designed for use as a place of nvrsh p, public service, education,
and for health care facilities for princ pally inpatient care.
Staff will take Council direction on whether or not to move forward with an amendment to the allowed
uses in the Downtown Zoning District.
Financial Impact
None
Attachments
■ Sec. 30-1026 — Downtown District Uses
The Elk River Vision
A PehoMing community Pith revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional P,` 01 W E H E 8 6 T
service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity INAMIRE1
Sec. 30-1026. - DD downtown district.
(a) Purpose. As downtown Elk River changes, future preservation as well as any new construction should reinforce the
general character and quality of the existing downtown. The design of new construction should take into
consideration the location of the proposed building(s) as well as incorporate traditional design elements and
techniques that are currently represented in existing structures.
The intent of the downtown district is to preserve this distinctive character with the appearance that there are multiple
buildings that are distinctly different from one another yet will allow a uniform mass of building with the appearance of vertical
separation. These standards shall be the framework for any new development and designs shall strive for creative traditional
architectural character, while clearly being an expression of the architecture of its own time.
(b) Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted uses in the downtown district, subject to the design
standards set forth in subsections (e) and (f) and the site plan review process set forth in subsection (g) of this
section:
(1) Brewer taprooms (producing less than 10,000 barrels of malt liquor annually).
(2) Brewpubs.
(3) Business offices.
(4) Commercial recreational facilities.
(5) Day cares.
(6) Dry cleaning establishments.
(7) Financial institutions.
(8) Hotels.
(9) Nonprofit clubs, lodges or halls.
(10) Outpatient health care facilities.
(11) Personal service establishments.
(12) Physical recreation and training.
(13) Public parks.
(14) Residential, multiple -family (provided that business/commercial uses at street level occupy the floor).
(15) Restaurants, class I.
(16) Retail sales.
(c) Accessory uses. Accessory uses in the downtown district are as follows:
(1) Firearms, sale of.
(2) Parking lots.
(3) Private recreational facilities.
(4) Signs (as permitted in section 30-851 et seq.).
(d) Conditional uses. The following uses shall be conditional uses in the downtown district, subject to the design
standards set forth in subsections (e) and (f) and the procedures and standards for the approval of conditional use
permits set forth in sections 30-651 through 30-659 of this chapter:
(1) Brewer taprooms, (producing 10,000 or more barrels of malt liquor annually).
(2) Funeral homes.
(3) Governmental facilities.
(4) Institutional uses (worship facilities only).
(5) Liquor establishments, on -sale.
(6) Produce markets.
(7) Saunas, steam baths, and heat -bathing rooms.
(e) Exterior building finishes. New development within the downtown district shall utilize the exterior building materials
set forth in this section.
(1) Primaryfacades.
a. The following are acceptable building materials for primary facades:
1. Modular brick Jumbo brick shall not be allowed.
2. Cut stone such as granite, marble and limestone.
3. Architectural stone.
4. Acid etched architectural precast concrete panels.
5. Architectural metal, not to exceed 25 percent of the unit area.
b. The following are acceptable accent materials for primary facades:
1. EIFS, stucco and other cementitious coating.
2. Wood (in the storefront area, bay windows, cupola's and/or corner bays only).
3. Integrally colored split face (rock face) concrete masonry units (CMU) that have a dimensional
characteristic of brick (not to exceed 16 inches in length nor four inches in height).
4. Integrally colored burnished block.
5. Ceramic, porcelain, hand crafted or fired tile.
6. Treated brick (such as glazed, dyed or painted).
7. Architectural precast concrete.
8. Fiber cement siding/trim (in the storefront area, bay windows, cupola's and/or corner bays only).
c. Accent material are required on both primary and secondary facades and shall comply with the following
requirements:
1. Ten to 20 percent of the total unit area (unit width x downtown building height) shall be of an
material, different than that of the main body of material.
2. Accent materials shall not be concentrated in any one location.
(2) Secondary facades.
a. The following are acceptable building materials for secondary facades:
1. Brick.
2. Stucco, EIFS and other cementitious coating.
3. Integrally colored split face (rock face), burnished or glazed CMU (excluding plain or painted).
4. Any material that is acceptable for primary facades.
(f) Architectural standards andguidelines. It is the intent of the city to promote and encourage high standards of
creative, traditionally based, architectural design in the downtown district. Therefore, new development within the
downtown district shall comply with the following design standards and guidelines. The restoration, remodeling
and/or expansion of existing buildings shall, to the maximum extent possible, bring exterior facades back to the
appearance they had when they were originally constructed, or maintain a similar architectural style to the original
construction, or comply to the extent possible with these design standards and guidelines.
(1) The building.
Standards:
a. The building shall not be setback more than six feet from a front property line. Side yards shall maintain
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