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City Council Minutes April 5, 1982 Page Eight COUNCILMAN DUITSMAN MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 82-5, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS REGARDING THE SAID PLANS. COUNCILMAN TOTH SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 4-0. 8. Plaisted RezOne Request - Public Hearing The City Administrator indicated that Mr. John Plaisted is requesting a rezoning of his property bounded on the south by 205th Avenue, on the west by Proctor Avenue, on the north by 213th Avenue, and on the east by Highway #169, from the current classification of A-I to an 1-2 zone. The City Administrator further indicated that Mr. Plaisted's request for a rezoning is due to the fact that his ready-mix business is a nonconforming use in the agricultural zone and therefore, does not allow for expansion or enlargement of the operation. The City Administrator indicated that prior to the consolidation of the Elk River Township and the City of Elk River, Mr. Plaisted's property was rezoned by the County Board to a Medium Industrial classi- fication, and upon adoption of the City's land use map and zoning map in 1980, the property was changed to its present status of agricultural. The City Administrator indicated that the City staff agrees with Mr. Plaisted's reasoning that something should be done to alter the nonconforming status and to possibly permit some expanded industrial use of the property adjacent to the ready-mix plant, as the property is completely surrounded by land that will be mined for gravel for the next 25 to 30 years. The City Administrator further indicated that as in his memo of March 31st, explaining the Planning Commission's recommendation for the rezone request, the cor- rect vote would indicate that there is no clear concensus from the Planning Commis- sion as to whether the property should be rezoned or not. The City Administrator further indicated that as also stated in his memo of March 31, 1982, another solu- tion could be an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance which would allow conditional uses of mineral extraction, general excavation and related operations in an A-I zone. The City Administrator further indicated that it was a policy question of which the City Council would have to make a decision. Mayor Hinkle indicated that Cargill has approximately 1,000 acres of the industrial zoned land in the City of Elk River at the present time and further indicated that he felt that the City could use more industrial zoning. Mayor Hinkle opened the Public Hearing. Mr. Norm Lemmon expressed his opinion that he did not feel the property should be rezoned from A-I to 1-2, and furthe~ indicated that he felt that an amendment to the Ordinance allowing for a conditional use would be the way to control the develop- ment of the area. Mr. Don Lemmon indicated that he presently owns 12 acres in the area of the land to be rezoned and further expressed his desire to leave the zoning as is. Ms. Jan Anderson indicated that her house is across the street .from the proposed area to be rezoned and expressed her opinion that she did not want to see the whole Section 15 rezoned. Mr. Bruce Anderson indicated that he did not want the trees to be removed and that he did not want to look at a gravel pit out his front window.