2.0 PCSR 06-27-2006Item # 2- .
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Elk River Planning Commission -Work session
To: Planning Commission
From: Jeremy Barnhart, AICP
Planning Manager
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Staff requests direction regarding a potential Comprehensive Plan amendment at 1870 Meadowvale.
Attachments
•Staff report • Zoning Map
•Future Land Use Plan
Overview
City Staff has received an application to rezone property at 1870 Meadowvale from R-3
zoning to R-4. The Comprehensive Plan guides the property industrial.
The property owner desires to build an apartment building on the property. An apartment
building (multiple family dwellings) is a permitted use in the R-4 zone, but not listed as a
permitted or conditional use in the R-3 zone.
Currently, a home is located on the property. Because of the comprehensive plan, the home
is a nonconforming use. To rezone the property, or build additional residential units on the
parcels, a comprehensive plan amendment should be prepared and approved.
The Comprehensive Plan is generally a guide, and its boundary lines are typically not
absolute. Examples where the boundaries are generally more absolute are along prominent
natural or man made features, including rivers, ridgelines, major streets, railroads. If a
boundary is found mid block, then the designation is often open to interpretation and
discussion.
Staff desires Planning Commission direction on the comprehensive plan amendment and
rezoning. Should the Planning Commission and Council support the rezoning and
comprehensive plan amendment; staff will advise the applicant accordingly. Further
information will be provided at the meeting.
Planning Department Mission: the orderly development of a livable and sustainable Elk River community.