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REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />ver <br />TO ITEM NUMBER <br />Plannin Commission 4.3 <br />AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY <br />Planning Ju110, 2012 Jeremy Barnhart, Planning Manager <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By <br />Request by City of Elk River to Rezone certain portions of the erem Barnhart, Plannin Mana er <br />Nature's Edge Business Center to Business Park (I'B) and REVIEWED BY <br />Highway Business (C-3) of Edge Business Center -Public <br />Hearin -Case No. ZC 12-03 <br />ACTION REQUESTED <br />Staff recommends approval of the rezoning application as presented. <br />OVERVIEW <br />The EDA proposes rezoning of the city-owned. land. to Business Park and. Highway Commercial,. based <br />on the. Focused Area Study that was approved by the City. Council in 2010. The property is currently <br />zoned Light Industrial or Highway Commercial <br />BACKGROUND/PRECEDENT <br />The subject property is in the process of being final platted, to be consistent with the Focused Area <br />Study. The FAST Study identifies three primary land uses on the. subject property, including Transit <br />Center (TC), Jobs area QA), Destination Retail (DR). <br />Transit center (TC) is suggested for the NE corner of the subject property, nearer the train station. <br />TC suggests 2-5 story buildings, ground retail/offices, and upper level offices and residential with <br />street and structured parking. The city is restricted from introducing residential to this property, due <br />to an agreement with Cargill. With this restriction, the existing land uses in the area, and the <br />Comprehensive Plan designation for the property, staff suggests business zoning as most consistent <br />with applicable agreements and the goals of the FAST Study. <br />Destination retail suggests 1-2 story buildings with surface parking lots. Due to the lack of <br />immediate access off of Highway 10, retail uses in this area will be destinations. From a use and <br />intensity perspective, destination retail is most similar to Highway Commercial (C-3). <br />Applicant City of Elk River <br />Location/ Address Approximately 90 acres south of 171", west of the railroad tracks... <br />60 Day Rule The City must take action by July 29th <br />The Jobs area suggests large office and manufacturing buildings, very similar in nature to the <br />Business Park zoning district <br />