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PROJECT NARRATNE Great River Energy ("GREW) proposes to change the zoning classification of its Elk River Headquarters Generating Plant Expansion parcel from R3 (TownhouseJMuf#iple Family Res.) #0 11 (Light Industrial) to mare c{osely coincide with the actual ownership and intended use of the parcel. GRE intends to grade and prepare the parcel for outdoor storage of wire reels and other types of typical electric utili#y hardware and equipment. In addi#ion, GRE would prepare the site #o potentially add a steel "Butler" type of building at some undetermined point in the future on the southwes# portion of the parcel near the cemetery while maintaining the open character of the north end. Please see the attached preliminary Grading, Drainage and Erosion Control Plan as well as the Wetland Determination Report prepared by John Oliver s~ Associates for reference. According to Section 30-1292 of the Elk River Code of Ordinances, the "1-1 district shall serve as a transition between more industrial uses and residential and other business uses. This district is appropriate for manufacturing,. warehousing, and similar industrial uses...These areas are intended to encourage the development of industrial uses which are clean, quiet, and free of hazardous or objectionable elements such as noise, odor, dust, smoke, glare, or other pollutants.a The GRE parcel stands as a buffer between the industrial facilities fo the south, the business park to the east and the residentia! uses to the west. GRE's development would provide for a more attractive and efficient use of the currently vacan# parcel while minimizing the aesthe#ic effec#s to residents and businesses. The intended storage use by GRE is also compatible with the clean and quiet industrial uses intended by the Zoning Ordinance. Elk River Headquarters Generating Plant Expansion (PlD~ 75-134-44f36) le4al description: That part of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter (SE'/4 of SE%) of Section 34, Township 33, Range 26, Sherburne Coun#y, Minnesota, described as: Commencing at a poin# on the North line of said Sou#heast quarter of the Southeast quarter {SE'/4 of SE'/) a distance of 66.00 feet, as measured at right angles, east of the northwes# corner thereof; thence east along said North line for a distance of 176.00 #ee#; thence south parallel with the West line of said Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter {SE'/4 of SE'/4) #or a distance of 506.00 feet to a point #o be hereafter ltnown as Point "A" for the purposes of this description; thence west parallel wi#h said North line of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter (SE'/d of SE'l~j #or a .distance of 176.00 #eet #o intersect the Eas# fine of the West 66.00 feet, as measured at right angles, of said Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter (SE'/4 of SE%4), said point of intersection also being the ac#ual Poin# Of Beginning of the land to be hereby described; thence return east along said paralle! line to said Poin# "A"; #hence southeasterly parallel with the westerly line of the right of way of U.S. Highway No. 169 for a distance of 840.84 feet, more or less, to intersect the South line of said Southeas# quarter of the Southeast quarter {SEl4 0# SE%); thence west along said South line for a distance of 424.29 feet, more or less, to the southeas# comer of said West 66.00 #eet of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter (SE'/4 of SE'/~); thence north along said Eas# line of the West 66.00 feet for a distance of 797.17 fee#, more or less, #o the Point of Beginning. Containing 5.51 acres, more or less. Subject to easements of record, if any.