9.2. SR 01-21-2020Request for Action
City of
Elk
River
To
Item Number
Mayor and City Council
9.2
Agenda Section
Meeting Date
Prepared by
Work Session
January 21, 2020
Zack Carlton, Planning Manager
Item Description
Reviewed by
Religious and Educational Uses in FAST — The
Point Zoning District
Cal Portner, City Administrator
Reviewed by
Action Requested
Provide staff direction regarding a possible amendment to the city's zoning ordinance.
Background/Discussion
During the spring of 2019, Council directed staff to separate "Institutional Uses" into separate uses —
Religious Uses, Educational Uses, Residential Treatment Facilities, and other health care uses. Each of
these uses were then reviewed separately for inclusion into the city's various zoning districts. Placement
of the new uses were reviewed by the Planning Commission and City Council, and the ordinance
amendment was adopted by the City Council on August 19, 2019.
The adopted ordinance does not allow religious or educational uses in the FAST — The Point (Saxon area)
zoning district. These uses had previously been allowed in the district under the larger "Institutional Use"
designation prior to adoption of the amendment. In reviewing the records for the amendment process
these uses had not been allowed in the district under any draft.
Religious and educational uses are allowed in all straight residential districts (R1, R2b, R3, etc.) but are not
allowed in the two districts that allow a mix of commercial and residential uses (Downtown and FAST —
The Point). The only impact to existing uses in either of these districts was to Elk River Lutheran Church
in Downtown. That use is now considered legal non -conforming and can continue to operate in their
current capacity for as long as they desire.
Is the City Council interested in amending the ordinance to allow one, or both, uses in the FAST — The
Point (Saxon area) zoning district?
Financial Impact
None
Attachments
■ Institutional Use Matrix
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Item 9.2
Porath, Katie
Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Reminder instatuional 17354 Zane street
From: Carlton, Zachary <zcarlton@ElkRiverMN.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:07 PM
To: Allard, Tina <tallard@ElkRiverMN�>
Subject: FW: [EXTERNAL] Reminder instatuional 17354 Zane street
Please add this to the record for second work session item on tonight's agenda.
From: Pat Briggs <pat@thebriggscompanies.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:04 PM
To: Carlton, Zachary <zcarlton@ElkRiverMN.gov>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Reminder instatuional 17354 Zane street
Zach,
I purchased the property as a car dealership and have used it under that specific use. Since then the city has forcefully
taken away my right to use the property as a car dealership. Now the city has taken away my right to use the property
as a instutional use such as a school & or church. Tonight's request is to reinstate all instutional uses with the exclusion
of specifically of rescares use.
This email is to be added to the packet for council's review
Thankyou
Patrick Briggs
Portner, Cal
From:
Westgaard, Matt
Sent:
Monday, January 20, 2020 7:30 PM
To:
Portner, Cal
Subject:
RE: 52339A18
Cal,
Could you please forward my comments for Tuesdays meeting on to the rest of the Council for their consideration
during Tuesday evenings discussions.
8.1: Naming Rights: As previously stated, I think the council should consider engaging one of these consultants to
develop the framework for securing opportunities for not only naming rights but all options of advertising etc. I don't
believe we have staff that is experienced with this type of promotion nor has the time to dedicate to developing and
maximizing our opportunity here. We have an opportunity to secure some funding for this facility to offset the expense
of operating. All three firms show specific experience with like and kind facilities. After review of the attached
proposals my instinct would be to lean favorably toward the Front Burner Sports Group based on their team, experience
and fee structure.
9.1: Park Dedication Fees: I believe our PD fee schedule is well substantiated in structure as to how we determined the
rates for each tier. I don't believe we should or are compelled to provide any concessions. The only area I feel we could
provide some relief would be on the High Density rate after a certain threshold was achieved or on a graduated scale or
a cap after a certain dollar amount. To be more specific; The impact of a 40-unit complex is vastly different than the fee
impact of a 300-unit complex. It's a drastically different dollar amount and can understand how it becomes significant
for a developer.
9.2: Religious uses in the FAST area: Based on my own contemplation without your dialogue, I am not in favor of
allowing them in the district. We made an exception several years ago for an educational use that has proven to be
more challenging than ever imagined and would strongly oppose allowing it again unless there was further dialogue and
discussion with Staff, Planning and Existing Businesses.
I hope this is helpful input for your discussion, and again my apologies for the scheduling error on my behalf and not
being able to attend.
Sincerely,
Matt