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U ~~ ~ O D _ <<~ p ~ ~o Elk 1 REQUEST FOR ACTION River TO ITEM NUMBER Plannin Commission 4.3 AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY Planning Jul 10, 2012 Jerem~~ Barnhart, Planning I\Ianager ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Request by Cinr of Elk River to Rezone certain portions of the Jeremy Barnhart, Plannin hlana er Nature's Edge Business Center to Business Park (I'B) and REVIEWED BY Highway Business (C-3) of Edge Business Center -Public Hearin -Case No. ZC 12-03 ACTION REQUESTED Staff recommends appro~=al of the rezoning application as presented. Applicant CitST of Elk River Location/ Address Approximately 90 acres south of 171", west of die railroad tracks 60 Day Rule The City= must take action by July 29th OVERVIEW The EDA proposes rezoning of die cit5>-owned land to Business Park and Highway Commercial, based on the Focused Area Study drat was approved by dze Cin~ Council in 2010. The property is currently zoned Light Industrial or High~val- Commercial. BACKGROUND/PRECEDENT The subject property is in the process of being final platted, to be consistent with die Focused rrea Study. The FAST Study identifies three primacy land uses on the subject property, including Transit Center (TC), Jobs area QA), Destination Retail (DR). Transit center (TC) is suggested for the NE corner of the subject property, nearer the train station. TC suggests 2-5 story buildings, ground retail/offices, and upper level offices and residential wide street and structured parking. The cit<= is restricted from introducing residential to this property, due to an agreement with Cargill. With this restriction, the existing land uses in die area, and the Comprehensive Plan designation for the property=, staff suggests business zoning as most consistent wide applicable agreements and the goals of the FAST Study. Destination retail suggests 1-2 story buildings with surface parking lots. Due to the lack of immediate access off of Highway 10, retail uses in this area will be destinations. From a use and intensity perspective, destination retail is most similar to Highway Coirunercial (C-3). The Jobs area suggests large office and manufacturing buildings, very svnilar in nature to the Business Park zoning district.