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<br />r ( ~\.( <br />( iI <br />!fll River <br /> <br />ITEM 7.5. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />STEVEN B. ACH, CITY PLANNER ~ <br />AUGUST 1, 1994 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: CONSIDER INITIATING AN <br />APPLICATION TO AMEND VARIOUS <br />SECTIONS OF THE ZONING <br />ORDINANCE <br /> <br />ISSUE <br /> <br />Request for the City Council to consider initiating an application to amend <br />various sections of the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> <br />OVERVIEW <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Over the past year staff has been accumulating a checklist of various sections <br />of the ordinance which either need clarification or, due to recent trends in the <br />market and development standards, need to be considered for possible <br />amendments. Sections of the zoning ordinance which pertain to general <br />performance standards, such as landscaping and parking, arise with virtually <br />every development request. Therefore, it is recommended that these two <br />sections be reviewed immediately and modified accordingly. It is anticipated <br />that the proposed code amendments could be brought before the Planning <br />Commission in August and forwarded to the City Council at the September <br />19th meeting. <br /> <br />In addition to these two sections, there are other parts of the Zoning <br />Ordinance which need to be clarified and slightly adjusted. Staff would like <br />to begin bringing these sections of the ordinance before the Planning <br />Commission and City Council for their consideration to make the appropriate <br />changes to the ordinance. It will take some time before all the corrections <br />and adjustments to the ordinance can be made, therefore, the sooner this can <br />begin the better off we will be with our efforts to update the Zoning <br />Ordinance. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It is recommended the City Council direct staff to begin bringing forward <br />various sections of the Zoning Ordinance for Planning Commission and City <br />Council consideration. <br /> <br />amend.council <br />P.O. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />