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,-,(,/ *( , ) <br /> o <br /> ,,, y Item# 6 . 14 .cz <br /> ity of -• (' . • MEMORANDUM <br /> ili River TO: Mayor and City Council <br /> FROM: Scott Harlicker, Planning Assistant <br /> DATE: May 18, 1998 5e <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 that cover government facilities, they are <br /> "Government Buildings and Facilities" and "Governmental Offices". <br /> Government buildings and facilities include more intense governmental uses <br /> such as public works facilities, correctional facilities, and waste handling or <br /> processing. Governmental offices include less intense uses such as city and <br /> county offices, libraries and post offices. One use that is missing from these <br /> definitions are jails. There is no provision for allowing jails under either <br /> definition. <br /> A jail is different from a correctional facility. Jails are short term holding <br /> . <br /> facilities for people awaiting trial, pending sentencing or serving county jail <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />