4.9.b. PCSR 06-27-2023Request for Action
To Item Number
Planning Commission 4.9b
Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by
Public Hearings June 27, 2023 Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner
Item Description Reviewed by
City of Elk River Zack Carlton, Community Development Director
Zone Change, Case No. ZC 23-04
Reviewed by
Action Requested
Recommend, by motion, approval of the zone changes as shown on the exhibit titled Zoning Map (Proposed).
Background/Discussion
In October of 2021, the City Council approved the new Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is a
guiding policy document that promotes the community’s vision for the next 20 years. The plan includes goals and
objectives to address the needs and desires of the community and property that had previously been guided as
Focused Area Study (FAST) was changed with the adoption of the new Comprehensive Plan. Properties within
the FAST area are assigned new land use designations of Mixed Residential, Multifamily, Highway Business,
Business Park, and Neighborhood Commercial to be consistent with the rest of the city. The current zoning of
these properties remains FAST, and they need to be rezoned to align with their underlying land use designations.
The city, at this time, is proposing rezoning only the commercial, industrial, and business park uses in the FAST
district and will follow up with a rezoning request for residential uses in the FAST. This is why a few FAST
subzones still appear on the proposed zoning map.
In addition to these FAST changes, the city is requesting rezoning of the commercial, industrial, and business park
uses citywide, to reflect the adopted Comprehensive Plan. Planned Unit Developments are not proposed to be
changed.
The commission has reviewed these changes over several work sessions and the attached exhibit titled “Land Use
Map (Proposed)” reflects the changes discussed during these meetings.
Staff would like to acknowledge that two parcels in the FAST district are currently legal non-conforming and will
remain legal non-conforming and three other parcels will become legal non-conforming with two of them not
having space to expand on the property.
Financial Impact
N/A
Attachments
Zoning Map (Existing)
Zoning Map (Proposed)
The Elk River Vision
A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional
service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity.
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