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<br />Mr. Robert C. Middaugh
<br />Cit~ Administrator
<br />Cit~ of Elk River _
<br />505 U_P.A. Drive
<br />Elk River, Minnesota 55330
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<br />Re: Custom Motors Site
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<br />Dear Bob:
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<br />This letter is in response to your request tor our opinion with respect
<br />to the proposed rezoning of the Custom Motors site.
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<br />BACKGROUND
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<br />It is our understanding that the Custom Motors site is located in an
<br />area of the City of Elk River (the City) which is primarily residential
<br />and which is designated by the City's land use map-for residential use.
<br />However, the Custom Motors site itself was rezoned from A-I, Agricultura
<br />Conservation District, to 1-2 Medium Industrial District, by the City
<br />Council on November 3, 1978, and r~tains this zoning designation at the
<br />present time. The City Council also, on November 3, 1978, granted a
<br />Conditional Use Permit to Custom Motors permitting use of the site as
<br />a salvage yard, bodyshop, mechanical repair area and truck dealership.
<br />The Conditional Use Permit was granted subject to certain conditions,
<br />the most significant of which is appropriate screening. It is Our
<br />understanding that the site has been used as a salvage yard, bOdyshop,
<br />mechanical repair area and truck dealership in the periOd since 1975,
<br />and that, while there was SOme delay in doing so, the required screening
<br />has now been put in plaoB. ...
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<br />You have advised us that the Planning Commission, in connection with a
<br />comprehensive review of nonconfOrming, inconSistent and inappropriatealand uses in the City, has determined that the industrial use of th~
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