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,~ ( ~) \~ r[y of ~~ • ~lk River Request ITEM 7.2. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Gary Schmitz, Planning Assistant DATE: April 17,1995 SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendment Request by The City of Elk River, Public Hearing Case No. OA 95-04 The City of Elk River is requesting an ordinance amendment which would add a definition for "recycling processing center" and redefine the existing definition of " juukyard". The amendment would also involve adding recycling processing center as a conditional use in both the I-1 (Light Industrial) zoning district and I-2 (Medium Industrial) zoning district. • Attachments March 28, 1995 memo to the Planning Commission Ordinance 95- As the City of Elk River reviewed the conditional use permit request for Dick Hetland to operate a recycling center from the building located at 16501 Highway 10, a question arose concerning the definition of recycling center. The existing zoning ordinance defines a business which recycles metals as a junkyard. Staff is concerned that a recycling center which is defined in the City code as a junkyard may give a false connotation of the actual use of the property. Staff is proposing an ordinance amendment which would add anew definition for recycling processing center and redefine the junkyard definition. The Ordinance Amendment is explained in detail in the attached March 28, 1995, memo to the Planning Commission. Planning Commission Meeting At the March 28, 1995 Planning Commission meeting, the commission made some changes to the recycling processing center defmition and the junkyard definition. In the recycling processing center definition, the Planning Commission recommended that cardboard be added as an acceptable material and also materials that are collected are • reprocessed into useable or salable products. The Planning Commission also added to the s:council:oa9s-04 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425