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.--c,/ A( <br /> Item# 6.9. <br /> ity of I MEMORANDUM <br /> ,lkRiver TO: Planning Commission <br /> FROM: Scott Harlicker, Planning Assistant4f& <br /> /' <br /> DATE: April 28, 1998 <br /> SUBJECT: Request by the City of Elk River for <br /> Ordinance Amendment, Public <br /> Hearing Case No. OA 98-1 <br /> Request <br /> Consider a request by the City of Elk River to amend the definition of <br /> government offices to include jails. <br /> Attachments <br /> • • Ordinance No. 98- <br /> • Current definition of governmental offices <br /> • Proposed definition <br /> Overview <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 /> The zoning code has two definitions the cover government facilities, they are <br /> "Government Buildings and Facilities" and "Governmental Offices". <br /> Governmental buildings and facilities include more intense governmental <br /> uses such as public works facilities, correctional facilities, and waste <br /> handling or processing. Governmental offices include less intense uses such <br /> as city and county offices, libraries and post offices. One use that is missing <br /> from these definitions are jails. There is no provision for allowing jails under <br /> either definition. <br /> • <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD & Phone: (612)441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />