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<br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council 7.8 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> <br />Public HearingsJuly 18, 2016Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br /> <br />Focus Area Study Rezoning Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Review and discuss the proposed ordinance as it relates to the Focused Area Study. <br /> <br /> <br />Open the public hearing and take public comment. <br /> <br /> <br />Continue the public hearing until August 15, 2016. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />During two work sessions, (April 6, 2015 and January 4, 2016) the City Council reviewed a new zoning <br />district that would encompass the Focused Area Study (FAST). During each meeting, the Council <br />discussed the following sub-districts: <br /> <br /> <br />The Point (A) <br /> <br /> <br />The Pinnacle (B) <br /> <br /> <br />Northstar Business Park (C) <br /> <br /> <br />Hillside Heights (D) <br /> <br /> <br />Office Village (E) <br /> <br /> <br />Riverwest Residential (F) <br /> <br /> <br />Highway 10/169 Service Commercial (G) <br /> <br /> <br />The Hinge (H) <br /> <br /> <br />East Elk River Gateway (I) <br /> <br /> <br />Substation Area <br /> <br />Staff compared all of the uses that are currently allowed in the FAST to those that are being proposed in <br />the new zoning district. With the exception of one property located in The Point, no businesses would be <br />rezoned out of use. The one use is the former Saxon site, which is currently zoned C-3 (Highway <br />Commercial), but is guided by the Comprehensive Plan as High Density Residential. No Planned Unit <br />Developed (PUD) districts are being rezoned. <br /> <br />Staff is recommending removing the Substation Area district as only a few parcels in that area are not <br />already zoned PUD. Staff recommends those parcels be absorbed into the adjacent districts. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission reviewed the proposal over three meetings and unanimously recommended <br />approval in November 2014. <br /> <br />Staff is requesting the Council review the ordinance language and proposed zones, open the public <br />hearing and receive public comment, and continue the public hearing to August 15, 2016. The public has <br /> <br />