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. • • ?i RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION APPLYING FOR STATE OF MINNESOTA LAND USE PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER OF SHERBURNE COUNTY, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, the City of Elk River, a predominantly rural community, situated just outside the boundaries of a concentrated urban area, finds that certain parts of its existing plans and official controls are inadequate for the regulation and control of development within its jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the City of Elk River is traversed by major corridors, US Highways 10, 52 and 169. In addition, Minnesota trunk highway 101 crosses the Mississippi to intersect Interstate Highway 94. These highways provide good access to the Twin Cities metropolitan area and to the St. Cloud metropolitan area. This impacts the City by causing urban residential and commercial development in the area which will continue at an increasing rate; and WHEREAS, consolidation of the former Township of Elk River and the former City of Elk River into a new City of Elk River has recently taken place by order of the Minnesota Municipal Board, dated October 31, 1977; and • WHEREAS, this consolidation has created a dual system of regulatory controls in- adequate to regulate the growth of the City of Elk River as newly created; and WHEREAS, the former City of Elk River contains a central business district and land use for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional.and public pur- poses. The former Township of Elk River contains land use for commercial purposes, particularly along U.S. Highways 10, 52, 101 and 169, and land use for urban, residential and agricultural purposes; and WHEREAS, existing zoning in the former Township immediately adjoining the former City of Elk River must be changed to reflect possible urban densities and urban streets and utilities; and WHEREAS, urban development at high densities, with on-site sewage disposal systems, which is presently permitted, presents a potential problem of ground water pollu- tion, and hence pollution of drinking water; and WHEREAS, the subdivision of land in areas lying outside of the boundaries of the former City of Elk River by way of metes and bounds legal descriptions, private streets or streets not accepted for maintenance by the City has created and con- tinues to create growth management and record-keeping difficulties for the City of Elk River; and •