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-'ty of <br /> <br /> · <br /> lver <br /> <br />ITEM 7.8. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> / <br />Scott Harlicker, Planning AssistanL& <br /> <br />April 21, 1997 <br /> <br />City of Elk River Request for <br />Ordinance Amendment Relating to <br />Dimensional Regulations, Public <br />Hearing Case No. OA 97-5 <br /> <br />Request <br /> <br />The City of Elk River is requesting an ordinance amendment to change the <br />dimensional regulations for urban residential (Rlb, Rlc, Rld and Rle) zoning <br />districts. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />· Existing requirements <br />· Proposed requirements <br />· Ordinance No. 97-__ <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />What is the minimum lot depth is a question often asked by developers when <br />they begin designing a plat. Currently the city has no minimum lot depth <br />requirement. A survey of minimum lot size requirements of 14 metro <br />communities indicated that 5 communities have minimum lot depth <br />requirements, 2 communities do most of their plating by PUD's and therefore <br />establish dimensional requirements for each individual plat and 7 have no <br />minimum lot depth requirements. <br /> <br />Once we started researching establishing a minimum lot depth it became <br />apparent that there were several other housekeeping changes that should be <br />addressed regarding other dimensional regulations. The revisions include the <br />following: <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />