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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Sheila Cartney, Senior Planner
DATE: March 10, 2008
SUBJECT: Cluster Ordinance Update
As directed by the City CouncIl at the November 19, 2007 workshop, staff researched other
cities' cluster ordinances and has spoken with a developer who completed a cluster project in
Elk River and other communities. This memo will summarize our research.
Elk River's cluster development ordinance is consistent with many other cities' ordinances.
The developer we spoke with initially planned to do a cluster development and although
helpful, our incentives alone were not the justification to do a cluster development. He had
suggested that the City allow more density and use other tools to help the project to be mare
financially feasible fox developers. Most other ordinances allowed fox bonuses based on
certain criteria sunilax to our ordinance. Oux criteria could be adjusted to reflect the City's
goals.
With direction, staff will prepare a formal ordinance amendment fox consideration by the
Planning Commission and City Council.