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ITEM 5.5. <br />ver MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Planning Commission <br />FROM: Gary Schmitz, Planning Assistant ~~ <br />DATE: March 28, 1995 <br />SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendment Request by the <br />City of Elk River, Public Hearing Case <br />No. OA 95-04 <br />Request <br />The City of Elk River is requesting an ordinance amendment which would <br />add a definition for "recycling processing center" and redefine the existing <br />definition of "junkyard". The amendment would also involve adding recycling <br />processing center as a conditional use in both the I-1 (Light Industrial) <br />zoning district and I-2 (Medium Industrial) zoning district. <br />Attachments <br />• Ordinance 95- <br />Background <br />As the City of Elk River reviewed the conditional use permit request for Dick <br />Hetland to operate a recycling center from the building located at 16501 <br />Highway 10, a question arose concerning the definition of recycling center. <br />The existing zoning ordinance defines a business which recycles metals as a <br />junkyard. Staff is concerned that a recycling center which is defined in the <br />City code as a junkyard may give a false connotation of the actual use of the <br />property. Staff is proposing an ordinance amendment which would add a <br />new definition for recycling processing center and redefine the junkyard <br />definition. <br />Anadvsis <br />The existing definition of junkyard in the Elk River City Code is: <br />• <br />13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />