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Meeting of the <br />12-M <br />Held at the Elk River City Hall <br />Tuesday, January 23, 2018 <br />Members present: ("hair 11,1ric Johnson, Commissioners Mike Nichols, jill Larson -Vito, <br />Robert Rydberg, Alexander Feinstein, and Brad Thiel. <br />Members Absent: None <br />Staff Present: planning Manager Zack Carlton, Senior Planner Chris Leeseberg, <br />Planner BrieAnna Simon, Sr. Administrative Assistant/Recording <br />Secretary Jennifer Gyreen <br />Also Present: Clouncilmember Jennifer Wagner, Council Liaisc)n <br />I Call Meeting to Order <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Planning <br />Commission was called to order at 6:30 p.rri. by Chairjohnson. <br />'I'lie Pledge of Mlegiance was recited. <br />3.1 Ordinance Amendment — Residential Dimensional Regulations <br />NIs. Simon presented the staff report. She, explained staffs evaluation of all the <br />residential properties and planned ( rut Developments (ITII)s) noticing 1-nany <br />, <br />sirnila, 'tiesand the goals towards sunplif, <br />similarities, ving the residential dimensional regulations. <br />She indicated the similarities for front, side, and rear setbacks, with most of tbetri <br />located in the PUDs meet the existing regulations for Single Fairdly Residential (Rl -- <br />c) She indicated changing there to a standard zoning district will reduce the number <br />of residential dimensional regulations altogether and those dimensions would be <br />outlined in city code, allowing residents an easy way to determine dieir property <br />setbacks. She reviewed the current and proposed wraps, <br />Nf s. Simon explained the second part of this review was to reduce tile residential <br />zoning district from eight to six. The new proposed residential zoning districts will <br />loosen. regulations in some areas of the city and simplify the residential zoning <br />regulations, She reviewed the Proposed dimensional requirements for the six <br />new/modified residential zoriing districts, <br />Ms. Simon and Mr. Carlton explained in greater detail one of the zoning districts <br />being proposed entitled "compact" is a result of the development community <br />requesting smaller lot sizes, noting 75' and 80' lot sli7cs are no longer financially <br />