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Request for Action <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Planning Commission <br />15.3 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />Planning Items <br />July 28, 2015 <br />Chris Leeseber , Senior Planner <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />Request by City of Elk River for Ordinance <br />Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />Amendment to modify perniitted uses in R1 Single <br />Reviewed by <br />Family Residential Zoning District <br />Case No. OA 15-08 — Public Hearin <br />Action Requested <br />Recommend, by motion, approval of the Ordinance Amendment as proposed. <br />Background/Discussion <br />In reviewing the ordinance, staff identified an oversight with the permitted uses identified in the R-1 <br />zoning districts. Section 30-991 (b) - R-1 districts lists "Business and professional offices" as a permitted <br />use in the single family residential districts which is not consistent with the district purpose or the <br />comprehensive plan. <br />The R-1 residential districts are established to accomplish general purposes for the following specific <br />purposes: <br />a. Preserve living qualities of residential neighborhoods. <br />b. Ensure future high quality amenities, including, but not limited to, the provision of adequate light, <br />air, privacy, and convenience of access to property. <br />c. Increase convenience and comfort by providing usable open space and recreation space on or <br />near the housing units they serve. <br />d. Prevent additions or alterations of structures which would damage the character or desirability of <br />existing residential areas. <br />e. Protect residential areas, to the extent possible and appropriate in each area, against unduly heavy <br />motor vehicle traffic. <br />f. Encourage a variety and range of dwelling types and a wide range of population densities with <br />emphasis on home ownership. <br />Business and professional offices should not be allowed in single family districts as they go against the <br />purposes of the single family district. It is unknown when this was added to the single-family ordinance. <br />Financial Impact <br />None <br />Attachments <br />■ Ordinance Amendment <br />r011RER I <br />NATUREJ <br />