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Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map and Land Use Map Page Two • Item Numbe 3 of the July 11th, 1980 memo is in response to discussion held at the last City C• cil meeting, regarding language in the Zoning Ordinance for the issuance of building • -rmits. Enclosed also, 'lease find copies of three maps which the Planning Commission reviewed and recommended or approval to the City Council. The maps were prepared by Zack Johnson, Dick No lin and myself, on the basis of information gathered both from the P]Ia.nning Commissi• and the City Council. It is the City Staff's hope that the maps represent a comprog, 'se in the position taken by the Planning Commission, the City Council and also mi ;mizes future growth and development problems in the area in question. The first map, titled •:nd Use in the lower left hand corner, makes a number of changes from the original Land se Map considered by the City Council and Planning Commission. Specifically, the Land ► -e changes involve creating a small commercial strip on the south side of Highway #16 and west of Waco Street, and a 20 acre commercial strip on the south side of Highway 10 and the east side of Waco Street. Between the County Court House site indicated •n the map, and the County Fairgrounds, the Land Use Map would propose a 40 acre par -1 of property designated as Mixed Use. This would eventually allow constructio of virtually any type of dwelling or business which the City Council or Planning Commi sion would like to permit in the future. The_ proposed changes in the Land Use Map mus be considered in conjunction with proposed changes in the Zoning Map. The distinct .n between the Land Use and Zoning Maps is that the • Land Use Map indicates the City's 'ntentions for the land use now and in the future. The Zoning Map, on the other hand, 'ndicates with rigid and fixed boundaries, specific districts for the City of Elk River -nd can differ from the Land Use Map, as in the case of the two maps presented for y. r consideration this evening, because some zones, while anticipated in the future, may n t be required or desirable in the future. The map labeled Zoning in the lower left and corner, proposed several zone changes from the map originally considered by the ouncil and Planning Commission. Specifically, an 80 acre commercial strip is created on , e south side of Highway #10 and west of Waco Street, and a 20 acre commercial strip ;s created on the south side of Highway #10 and east of Waco Street. In addition, two 26 acre PUD's are created immediately east of the County Courthouse site, with the remai ,er of the large parcel south of Highway #10 being zoned R1-B. To the north of Highway 0, the zone designated as I-2 and occupied by Custom Motors is changed to revert b: k to an . R1-B zone, which then makes the Zoning Map consistent with the City's Land Us= Map. This change is being recommended because the I-2 zone among the other R1-B uses and one can possibly createproblems now & ir_ the future for the City. By leaving the I-2 zone in he R1-B zone, it is possible that future growth and expansion of the I-2 section may be -ncouraged. Since the City's Land Use Plan indicates that unitimately the entire are• should be an R1-B use, it does not appear to be the City's intent to encourage the gro • • or expansion of I-2 zoning in this area. By removing the I-2 zoning for the Custom tors operation, the use becomes a non-conforming use in the Rl-B zone. This is not .ecessarily a detrimental change to the operation; it simply prohibits that operation •m expanding or growing or otherwise changing to something which the City may find und- irable. In the event that the use in question is partially destroyed, the owners woul. have the opportunity •