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<br />A.( ~\.( <br />( )/ <br /> <br />.ity of 1l' <br /> <br />Ell{ River TO: <br />FROM: <br /> <br />ITEM #6.3. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Michele MCPherso@';:ctor of Planning <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />July 28, 1999 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Case Number: OA 99-13 <br />Request by the City of Elk River for an <br />Ordinance Amendment to Reduce the <br />Timeframe for Discontinued <br />Nonconforming Uses from One Year to Six <br />Months; Public Hearing <br /> <br />Request <br /> <br />The City of Elk River requests approval of an ordinance amendment to the Zoning <br />Code to reduce the time frame for complicance of discontinued nonconforming uses <br />from one year to six months. The ordinance amendment would affect Sections 900.34 <br />and 900.42 of the Zoning Code. <br /> <br />. Location <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />City-wide <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />. 1999 Law Summaries, LMC Cities Bulletin <br />. Propose Ordinance Language <br />. Ordinance No. 99- <br /> <br />Analvsis <br /> <br />The 1999 Legislature removed amortization as a tool for cities to remove <br />nonconforming or undesireable land uses. This requires cities to more closely monitor <br />the time frames established in their ordinances in regards to discontinued <br />nonconforming uses. <br /> <br />Currently, in Sections 900.34 (Non Conforming Uses) and 900.42 (Conditional Uses), <br />the ordinance states: <br /> <br />"In the event that a nonconforming use of any building <br />or premises is discontinued or its normal operation <br />stopped for a period of one year, the use of the same <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490. Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />