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<br /> <br />Item # <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br />TO: Planning Commission <br /> <br />FROM: Michele McPherson, Director of Planning <br /> <br />DATE: April 11 , 2000 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Discuss Combining Single Family Zoning Districts <br />R1B - R1E <br /> <br />As part of the re-codification process, staff is critically reviewing the zoning code <br />and has observed there may be opportunities to combine, and therefore reduce <br />the number of zoning districts that must be administered by staff, the Planning <br />Commission and the City Council. Staff has elected to begin with the single <br />family zoning districts, specifically, districts R 1 b through R 1 e. Attached please <br />find a table comparing the requirements of the single family zoning districts. <br /> <br />As can be noted on the attached chart, the district requirements are very similar <br />in terms of lot area, lot width, and setback requirements. It may be appropriate to <br />combine districts R1c through R1d and continue to utilize R1b. The R1b district <br />is primarily adjacent to the Elk River between Highway 10 and the railroad tracks. <br />This district, I believe, was specifically designed to address individual septic <br />systems on individual lots. -In addition to the closeness of the requirements for <br />the various single family zoning districts, the trend in recent years has been to <br />approve planned unit developments to allow mixed single family and attached <br />housing types in the same development. These individual districts may become <br />less and less necessary as developers proceed with planned unit developments, <br />as opposed to individual neighborhoods. <br /> <br />At a future meeting, staff will discuss with the Commission, zoning districts for <br />duplexes, town homes and apartments. Again, there is an opportunity for' <br />combination of districts and specifically, the clarification of our standards for each <br />of those districts. <br /> <br />Please review the attached information and provide direction to staff regarding <br />this issue. <br /> <br />Phone: 763.441.7420 <br />Fax: 763.441.7425 <br />s: \PLANNING\Michele McPherson \MEMOS\RECODIF2.DOC <br />www.ci.elk-river.mn.us <br />