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Request for Action To Item Number Ma Tor and CinT Council 7.3 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Public Hearings June 20, 2022 Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner Item Description Reviewed by OYdinance Amendment Section 30-793, Zack Carlton, Communitv Develo ment DirectoY AccessoryT Buildings, Cit�T of Elk River Reviewed by Cal Portner, Ci r Administrator Action Requested Adopt, byT motion, an ordinance amending CityT Ordinance Section 30-793, AccessoryT Buildings. Background/Discussion Case No. OA 22-04 - Staff receives numerous calls from propert�- owners that have 1+ acres of land within the Urban Service District (USD) inquiring ho�v much garage/shed space theyT can have and often are frustrated `vhen they Yealize the size limit applies to all pYopeYties less than 5 acYes. A one-acre paYcel is allowed 1,200 sf. but if that paYcel were to be subdivided into three parcels (B-1 c allo2��s 19,000 sg. ft. lots� the allowed square footage foY the same aYea would then be 3,600 sf. The Planning Commission recommends allowing 1+ acre parcels in the R-lb, R-lc, and R-ld zones to follow the one-acre limitation in the R1-a district, `vhich `vould be 2,500 sf. Additionally, the table in Section 30-793 (c) should be removed as any remaining larger lots in the USD mayT be subdivided. This prevents, for example, a 10-acYe parcel building a 4,500-sf shop and then lateY subdividing the 10- acYes into 11,000 — 14,000 sf. parcels with one of them containing what would then be an out of scale, to the development, legal non-conforming structure. Also, there are residents living within the USD that have 1+ acres and drive a tractor trailer for a living. The ordinance limits tractor trailer parking in the R-1a district on parcels greater than five acres or with a CUP on lots less than five acYes. FuYther, the oYdinance does not allow the paYking of a truck tractoY and/oY trailer, in excess of 7,000 pounds gross `veight, on public propertyT (right-of-`vayT) within an area zoned residentiaL The on1�T option for these Yesidents is to paYk their tractoY traileY in an accessory structuYe ��hich needs appro�mately 800-1,000 sf. Staff and the Commission also recommend some "housekeeping" amendments. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the ordinance amendment. Attachments ■ Ordinance The Elk River Vision A 2a�elcolning co�nlnunity 2a�ith T evolutiona� y and spizzted T esou� cefulness, exceptional se�vice, and coln�nunity engagelnent that encou�ages and ins�iz•es pTo�pe�zty. rowEREo ar �I'1 �� Up�iited.• August 2020