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ITEM 5.13. <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />~ty of <br /> <br />veto: <br /> FROM: <br /> DATE: <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Planning Commission .... <br /> <br />Scott Harlicker, Assistant Plann~ <br />June 25, 1996 <br /> <br />Request by the City of Elk River to Amend <br />Section 900.08 and Section 900.12 of the <br />City Ordinance (Agri-Business), Public <br />Hearing, Case No. OA 96-9 <br /> <br />Issue <br /> <br />Consider a request by the City of Elk River to amend Section 900.08 and Section <br />900.12 of the City Ordinance to include a definition for Animal, Nutrition and <br />Agricultural Research and include it as a conditional use in the Rla and A1 <br />zoning districts. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />Ordinance No. 96- <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />In May 1995, a conditional use permit was granted to Cargill for theft animal <br />nutrition center. The conditional use permit was for a feedlot and was issued for <br />theft existing facility on the south side of 165th Avenue and the proposed <br />expansion of that facility. At the time it was felt that theft facility best fit the <br />definition of a feed lot which is defined as, <br /> <br />"A confined area used for housing or feeding poultry or livestock where <br />substantial amounts of animal waste will be generated, but not including <br />barns or pens which are necessary uses incidental to a farming operation." <br /> <br />This definition, it turns out, does not accurately describe the operations of' <br />Cargill's facility. To classify the nutrition center as a feedlot is misleading. One <br />aspect of the operation fits the zoning code definition of a feedlot, but the <br />nutrition center is primarily a research center for the development of improved <br />animal nutrition. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />