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<br /> <br /> <br />Item # 5.11. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Planning Commission <br /> <br />Michele MCPherso~ector of Planning <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />August 23, 2005 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Case No. OA 05- 12 <br />Request by the City of Elk River for Ordinance Amendment to <br />Allow Engineered Fabric Accessory Structures in the 11 and 12 <br />Industrial Districts <br /> <br />Request <br /> <br />The Planning Commission is asked to consider an ordinance amendment to allow the use of <br />engineered fabric structures as a material for accessory buildings in the It and 12 Districts. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />. Minutes from the Planning Commission Workshop Meeting of August 9, 2005 <br />. Standards for Issuance of a Conditional Use Permit <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />The Planning Commission will recall the conversation with Street Superintendent Phil Hals <br />on August 9th in which the use of engineered fabric structures for storage and accessory <br />buildings was discussed. The Planning Commission seemed favorable to the use of these <br />structures in the It and 12 Districts, provided that they were utilized for an accessory <br />building and not as the principal structure. There was some discussion as to whether or not <br />the use would require a conditional use permit, however staff is proposing that the ordinance <br />amendment not include a conditional use permit requirement, as there really would "be no <br />way to apply the standards for issuance of a conditional use permit (see attached). <br /> <br />Planning Department Mission: the orderly development of a livable and sustainable Elk River community. <br />