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Land Development Regulations Development controls provide the legal framework to regulate the built environment.The City of Elk River's Land Develop- ment Regulations are outlined in Chapter 30 of the City's Code of Ordinances.Article VI of the Chapter establishes the City's zoning regulations.Each property within the community is designated as one of the following base zoning districts.The City has also established several overlay districts to further regulate areas of special interest. Current Zoning R-Id District C-I — Central Business District The following section summarizes the This district is intended to accommodate This district is intended for retail,service, various zoning districts and overlay single-family residential dwellings with and commercial uses that serve residents districts in Elk River's Code of Ordinances. large lots and higher quality housing and the surrounding community that within the municipal sewer and water are different from highway commercial access area.This district is explicitly for uses.These are typically smaller scale A-I —Agricultural Conservation areas that possess significant natural commercial uses just outside the Historic District features and is intended to encourage the Downtown. design of subdivisions that protect these This district is intended for growing natural features. or producing field crops,keeping or C=2 — Office District producing of livestock,and livestock This district is intended to buffer resi- products and poultry.Incidental retail R-2 a District dential districts from arterial streets or selling by the producer of products raised This district is intended to create low commercial districts.This district provides on the premises,provided that customer density housing areas that transition for the location of offices and other service parking space is furnished off the public between single-family housing and higher and light commercial uses that are subject right-of-way is allowed.This district does density residential housing. to more restrictive controls. not allow feedlots. R-I a District R-2b District C-3 — Highway Commercial This district is intended to create low District This district is intended for primarily rural density multiple dwelling areas to tran- residential with accessoryagricultural This district is intended for commercial g sition between lower and higher density establishments with need for immediate uses where conditions are suitable. land uses within the municipal sewer and access to major highways. water service area. R-I b District This district is intended for low density R-3 — Townhome District DD — Downtown District single-family residential development. This district is intended to reinforce g Y P This district is intended to accommodate the general character and quality of the Subdivisions utilize on-site sewage single-family detached and attached disposal systems and private water wells. dwellings at moderate residential densi- existing Downtown.New construction in Densi in this district is limited to one this district should take into consideration tY ties of 11 units per acre or less.This district the building location and purpose and single-family residence per gross acre. serves as a transition between single- incorporatetraditional design elements family areas and more dense multifamily and techniques that are represented R-I c District districts. in existing structures.This district is This district is intended for single-family intended to encourage uses and designs residential in areas with full municipal R-4 — Multiple-Family Residential that are consistent with the historic char- acter of the Downtown with an emphasis public sewer and water access that are District on pedestrian access and design stan- a continuation of existing residential dards. development patterns and the infilling of This district is intended to create, existing lots in established neighborhoods. preserve,and enhance dense multifamily use in areas served by municipal sewer XCR — Extreme Commercial and water and with good access to public amenities,shopping centers,and employ- Recreation ment centers. This district is intended to provide lodging, retail,and commercial recreation uses that are more intense in nature and include but are not limited to off road racing,training facilities,and hotels. Elk River Comprehensive Plan•Community Context 19 DRAFT FOR REVIEW ONLY