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ity of <br /> <br />River <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item# 6.14. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Scott Harlicker, Planning Assistant <br />May 18, 1998 ~ <br />Request by the City of Elk River for <br />Ordinance Amendment, Public <br />Hearing Case No. OA 98-1 <br /> <br />Request <br /> <br />Consider a request by the City of Elk River to amend the definition of <br />government offices to include jails. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />· Ordinance No. 98-~ <br />· Current definition of governmental offices <br />· Proposed definition <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />When the county office complex was originally constructed the jail facility <br />was an incidental function to the office and courthouse operations. Since that <br />time the jail has expanded and become more than just an incidental aspect of <br />the total operation of the facility. Because of this expansion it became <br />necessary to examine the issue of where do jails fit within the context of the <br />zoning ordinance. <br /> <br />The zoning code has two definitions that cover government facilities, they are <br />"Government Buildings and Facilities" and "Governmental Offices". <br />Government buildings and facilities include more intense governmental uses <br />such as public works facilities, correctional facilities, and waste handling or <br />processing. Governmental offices include less intense uses such as city and <br />county offices, libraries and post offices. One use that is missing from these <br />definitions are jails. There is no provision for allowing jails under either <br />definition. <br /> <br />A jail is different from a correctional facility. Jails are short term holding <br />facilities for people awaiting trial, pending sentencing or serving county jail <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />