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SALE COPY <br />El REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />River <br />To Item Number <br />Plamiin Conmzission 5.2. <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date November Prepared by <br />Planning Items 13, 2007 Jeremy Barnhart, Plannin Mana ex <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Request by City of Elk River fox an Ordinance Amendment to <br />Section 3D-1562 of the Code of Ordinances relating to Reviewed by <br />Commercial Reserve (CRT) Transitional -Public Hearing <br />Case No OA 07-13 <br />Action Requested <br />Staff does not recommend amending the ordinance allowing interim contractor's yards. Should the <br />Platuung Commission and/ox City Council feel contractor yards appropriate, Staff supports the <br />ordinance language as written. New text in Bold. <br />(d). Interim Uses. Interim Uses shall be permitted for no more than5 years, or when the property is <br />platted, which ever occurs first. The City may require a escrow to ensure the conditions of the <br />Interim use are adhered to. <br />(1.) Roadside sales stands <br />(2.) Wmd generators <br />(3.) Cooperative gardening in preserved open space <br />(4.) Gravel mining <br />(5.) Asphalt and concrete plant. <br />(6.) Other uses existing as of the date of this ordinance. <br />(7.) Commercial recreations facilities; <br />(8.) Veterinary clinics commerdal kennels; <br />(9.) Conditional Home Occupation; <br />(10.) Business and professional offices with a maximum gross floor area of 10,000 square feet; <br />(11.) Horticulture and floriculture uses in preserved open space; <br />(12.) Private stables in preserved open space; <br />(13.) Wayside stands in preserved open space. <br />(14.) Outdoor Storage, provided accessory to a permitted, conditional, or interim use. <br />Background/Discussion <br />In July of this yeaz, the City Council adopted Ordinance 07-O1, creating a new transitional coning district <br />fox the areas of the City guided by the 2004 Comprehensive Plan as Commercial Reserve. The intent of <br />these areas was to reserve land for future development, avoiding land use improvements inconsistent with <br />a final vision of the area while still allowing appropriate use of the land that does not require major <br />investment in infrastructure ox buildings. <br />