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Planning Commission Minutes April 23, 1996 Page 9 . This can result is some very unusual situations. In the A-1 zone, where the minimum lot size is ten acres, a person could have a 10 to 15 acre platted parcel and still be required to obtain a conditional use to have horses and the neighbor, with only 5.5 acres of unplatted property, could have horses as a permitted use. To a lesser extent, the same type of situation could also happen the R 1 a zone; two neighbors could have similar sized parcels and if one is platted and the other is not, the unplatted lot could have a horse as a permitted use and the platted lot would require a conditional use permit. Chair Dillon opened the public hearing. There being no comments for the public, Chair Dillon closed the public hearing. COMMISSIONER THOMPSON MOVED THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVE OF THE REQUEST BY CITY OF ELK RIVER FOR ORDINANCE AMENDMENT (SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS AND FENCES RELATED TO AGRICULTURAL USES), PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO. OA 96-6 AND REQUEST BY CITY OF ELK RIVER FOR ORDINANCE AMENDMENT (PLATTED/UNPLATTED RELATED TO AGRICULTURAL USES), PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO. OA96-5, BASED ON THE FINDINGS IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE FACT THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, TO APPROVE THE CODE AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED IN THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE AND TO AMEND THE 30 FOOT SETBACK TO 5 FEET FROM THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND THEN 10 FEET FROM THE REAR OF THE HOUSE FORWARD AND REDUCE 10 ACRE DOWN TO LOT SIZE OF 5 ACRES. COMMISSIONER SULLIVAN SECONDED THE MOTION THE MOTION CARRIED 6-0. Staff report by Scott Harlicker. The City of Elk River is requesting to amend Section 900.03 and Section 900.12 of the City Ordinance relating to definitions, light industrial uses, medium industrial uses and highway commercial uses. The purpose of the 1-1 District is to serve as a transition between more industrial uses, residential and other business uses. The district is appropriate for manufacturing, warehousing and similar industrial uses. The industries should be compatible with each other and with surrounding land uses. The 1-2 District, on the other hand, is intended to accommodate more intense manufacturing and processing than would be allowed in the 1-1 District. These uses may tend to generate more off-site impacts than those allowed in the 1-1 District. In an attempt to develop a list of allowable uses that better reflect the stated purposes of the two industrial districts, staff reviewed other ordinances and incorporated some of the uses found in those ordinances with uses found in Elk River's ordinance. The result can be found in the following list of suggested allowed uses. Commissioner Minton suggested relabeling 1-2 to heavy manufacturing rather than medium manufacturing. .