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Planning Commission Minutes February 22, 1982 Page Four Commissioner Pearce asked Mrs. Lundberg what type of vehicles were used to bring the items to their home for the assembly work. Mrs. Lundberg in- formed the Commissioner that the items are brought in, she herself goes to the places that are requesting the work done, and brings them in her own personal pick-up truck. Commissioner Pearce then asked Mr. Breezee whether or not the structure was safe for this type of operation. Mr. Breezee in- formed them that the area Mrs. Lundberg would use for assembly procedures would be in the lower level of a two-level, span-crete type constructed garage and that the wall attached to the home was a one-hour fire wall with a solid core door and closer and as such, Mr. Breezee felt there was no pro- blem in meeting the code for the separations. Commissioner Pearce also asked whether or not there would be a problem with a requirement on the number of employees that they have requested. Mrs. Lundberg indicated that right now the very maximum that she would ever employ is two and if that number did exceed two, there would probably be a reason for her going to an area within the City of Elk River that is properly zoned for such operation. COMMISSIONER PEARCE RECOMMENDED APPROVING SUCH PERMIT FOR A HOME OCCUPATION FOR JON AND CAROL LUNDBERG, 20791 ELK LAKE ROAD, TO DO ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY WORK OUT OF THEIR HOME, WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES DOES NOT EXCEED TWO. COMMISSIONER FREDERICKSEN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED3-0. 6. Consider Zone Change Request by Mr. John Plaisted Mr. John Plaisted was present to present to the Commissioners a map showing the area that he is requesting a zone change from an A-ljAgricultural Zone to an 1-2/Industrial Zone. Mr. Plaisted informed the Commissioners that he presently O\VTIS the Elk River Ready Mix located north of to\Vll on #169 and 205th Avenue. He then informed the Commissioners that on May II, 1972, the County granted him a zone change to allow this area to be used as industrial purposes and that he felt the City was wrong in re-zoning it back to agricult- ural without undue reasons. Mr. Plaisted went on to explain to the Commission- ers that the land surrounding the area that he is requesting for a zone change is presently used for mineral extraction purposes and that there was no real feasible or allowed residential construction or any other type of operations to be conducted other than mineral extraction for a period of between 25 and 30 years. As such, he felt that if his area was zoned 1-2, he would bring in operations that would be somewhat compatible to mineral extraction. Mr. Gary Santwire was present and stated that if Mr. Plaisted had a good reason to re-zone the area and that if it could be used for those purposes, it could bring in added jobs to the area and as such, it would be a possible influence on the economic growth of Elk River. Commissioner Pearce asked Mr. Breezee on what position the staff would take regarding this zone change as requested by Mr. Plaisted. Mr. Breezee indi- cated to the Commissioners that the staff is not in favor of the zone change because of the fact that if the area was allowed to be zoned 1-2, it would be difficult to regulate what type of operations could be in the area and as such,