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Wednesday, April 26, 1995 / Elk River Star News / 5 97oning request angers neiahbom U Astrup 'ate editor uest to rezone 17 acres residential land alo ay 169 in Elk River so ,rcial development can e has angered neighbo Brentwood subdivision. is Anderson, who deve Irentwood in the earl is requesting th g. Preliminary plans fo show a 119,000-square ,e along the highway (El new Target is 90,00 feet in size) and a ga and convenience store. ber ofarea residents tes ;ainstthe rezoning dur ,eting Thursday night o mittee which is updat River's comprehensive e meeting was dedicate aercial and industrial :ent when I bought here tay ' " one resident con. .ctee. I bought it was residential and e way it should stay." on was taken by the !e, but the Elk River g Commission was 1 to hear the matter t (Tuesday, April 25). Planning Commission recommendation, the r goes to the CityCoun- d The parcel is currently an out] in the Brentwood subdivision. of lies on the west side of Highw- ng 169, just south of 197th Ave a and east of Solid Rock Chur go Anderson is requesting: rs • That the parcel's land u t changed from medium de it 1- residential to highway busi s. y • That the site be rezoned or e single family residential ( 1C r to planned unit develop en e- (PUD). k While the outlot has bee esi 0 dentially zoned for years, In, s city officials who were in Icf in the 1980s say the inte ww for the parcel to ultimat be highway business- comm ial. f Fourofiicials—Fran kM sen, Larry Toth, Dick Hinkl and Arne Engstrom— signed tter in September 1994 stati that was the intent. But some residents las eek questioned why the land sn't rezoned tocommercialyea ago if that was the intent. Hinkle, a member of the s er- ing committee updating the co prehensive plan, told residents he didn't know why the parcel remained zoned residential. Regardless, he said what was intended in the early 1980s has no bearing on the current Plan- ning Commission and City Coun- cil. They have to look at what's the best use for the property IF Industries Family Owned & Committed to Quality Search is on for industrial park A search for a sit for a ttew industrial park in Elk River is under way. The committee which is updating the city's comprehensive Plan Thursday night directed the city staff to come back with a few Possible industriaLEIkRivef Park sits for the committee to consider a its May 4 meeting, "We need an industrial park someplace "said Bob Mintonwho chairs the comprehensive plan steering committee.The decision o seriously look for a newsite came after the committee reviewedthe land currently zoned for industry.The city does have land available for industrial development on the south side of Highway 10 west of the fairgrounds. That land has been designated as a more upscale business park. Some committee members said the city is lacking place for small industries to locate. A number of ideas for industrial land were kicked around, including the suggestion thatgravelmining land in the citybe a wazoneter tower and small, dustrial and thatthe Isewertsystemlhe so crearteran I industrial park near the eastern city limits. said. told by the And�ersoha n t tlW outlot would become townhouses or a park or both. One man suggested the city buy it and make it into a park with a swimming pool. Anderson had requested last =maacmLxal co commercial and the land use changed from residential to highway business. The Planning Commission de- nied those requests in a 5-1 vote. Anderson withdrew the request before it got to the City Council. many helped clearn up the city Gene Zappa took a moment to reston a scrapped swivel chair urine a tha Clann_... r%-..