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Page 6 City Council Minutes July 6. 1987 e Mayor Gunkel stated unenclosed fashion. further stated she proposed concept of neighborhood. Councilmember Tralle stated he felt the wording should be changed in the proposed ordinance so as not to show favoritism. He suggested changing the wording to "Lumber sales in conjunction with the principal use." Councilmember Tralle also questioned if it is allowed to have two buildings on one lot. Mr. Rohlf stated that one building would be an accessory building to the principal building. that the sale of lumber. which has been stored in an has been in existence for an entire year. She is not aware of any complaints. She noted the enclosed storage would lessen the impact on the Councilmember Schuldt stated he was opposed to the ordinance amendment.. He stated the issue is whether or not lumber should be allowed in a C-4 zone because what is allowed in this area will have to be allowed in all C-4 zoned areas. He indicated he can see no justification to allowing lumber yards in a C-4 zone. He stated that the area in questions was rezoned as a link between the downtown area and the mall. Mr. Rohlf stated that C-4 is a service commercial area and stated there are two other areas in Elk River that are zoned C-4 which are suitable for lumber yards. Mr. Rohlf stated that maybe the area in question should have been zoned C-1. which would better portray Councilmember e Schuldt's concept. Mayor Gunkel stated that the City Ordinance does not address home centers. She indicated that in some cases the ordinance is very specific and in some cases very general. Councilmember Holmgren stated that there are not many stores that sell just lumber. He indicated that the whole concept of shopping is changing and stated we must plan our community around this. He further indicated that he does not feel the City can dictate what items True Value Home Center can sell. cOUNCILMEMBER TRALLE MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 87-24 WHICH WOULD ALLOW LUMBER SALES IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRINCIPAL USES WITH NO OUTSIDE STORAGE ALLOWED IN C-4 ZONES AS A CONDITIONAL USE. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. Councilmember Dobel questioned what would happen if 3 or 4 other stores selling lumber would come in the area. Councilmember Dobel stated he felt there were other areas in the City that were more appropriate for lumber yards. e Mayor Gunkel indicated that the business has existed with outside lumber storage without being offensive to the area. She further indicated that the Council is being very inconsistent. when on one hand they are in the process of hiring an economic development coordinator to help businessess in the area. and on the other hand they are deterring existing businesses.