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. . . City Council Minutes July 18, 2005 Page 8 1. INCREASE THE PARCEL SIZE TO TEN ACRES OR GREATER, DELETE THE REFERENCE TO WHAT MAY BE STORED INSIDE THE STRUCTURE, RENUMBER THE REMAINING ITEMS, AND ADD A CONDITION REQUIRING A 250' SEPARATION BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE AND ANY ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES. Ms. McPherson suggested that a new condition not be added but that the condition requiring the structure to meet the accessory structure setbacks be amended to include the 250' separation. Councilmembers Motin and Farber accepted staff's suggestion. MOTION CARRIED 4-1. Councilmember Dietz opposed. 5.5. Consider Ordinance to Amend Chapter 74 of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinance Relating to Parking. Case No. OA 05-10 Director of Planning Michele McPherson submitted the staff report. Ms. McPherson discussed the King Avenue Parking Lot Task Force recommendations. She reviewed night time parking, municipal parking lots, and parking permits. She stated staff would like to begin enforcement after the entire downtown construction project is completed but business owners would like enforcement to begin with the start of construction. Mayor Klinzing questioned why the public can't also use the employee parking area and how the police department planned to control enforcement. Councilmember Dietz stated there have been problems with employees parking in front of businesses and an employee only lot will help address this situation. Councilmember Motin stated the employee lot should also be open to the public (especially in the evenings) with time limits. He stated if the vehicle has an employee parking sticker, then it would be exempt from following the time limit. Chief Beahen stated enforcement would begin wi~ signage and parking time limits along with permit controls via the police department. He stated the existing policy was not working and the task force has made the requests for the new policy. He stated it will take time to see how the parking issues will work out. Chief Beahen stated he is concerned that the employee lot may not be big enough to hold all the employees who work in the downtown. He stated that realistically enforcement by community service officers would be done during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. due to Police Department staffing. Councilmember Motin suggested language changes to the ordinance regarding timeframes and the two city owned municipal parking lots along the'railroad tracks. It was the consensus of the Council to have the language changes made to the o ordirumce ",d the Council will review it ag>in at the Augu,t I, 2005 Council meeting. 5.7. own town Traffic Flow Plan ' Fire Chief Bruce West discussed the proposed traffic flow in downtown Elk River during the 12-18 month construction period for The Bluffs of Elk River and Jackson Place. He