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/CITY PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINN. Dec. Meeting Held Jan. 3rd, 1974. Members Present: Albert Bailey Clifford Lundberg George Zabee Richard Gangoll Dan Bailey. The Parking Regulations as set forth in the Village (now City) Zoning Ordinance were discussed relative to expansion of businesses already in the downtown area, and in order to clarify the regulatiDns as to the already developed areas, it was moved, seconded and carried that the planning commission :~:e~mend the following rules and interpretation to the village Council for their guidance: (See next page--reproduced in quantity) . FLOOD PLAIN It appears that it is incumbent upon the City of Elk River to revise ~i~sr zoning ordinance relative to the Flood Plain in order to provide for f~ood plain insurance. Before this can be done it will be necessary to determine the flood plain. The Commission was informed that there is a survey coming out in the next few months that will determin this factor which will then become part of the change in the ordiaance. It seems that the intent of the City of Elk River must be set forth within 120 days from last nevember, if it is desired to be included in the new State Program. I~ was Moved, Seconded and Carried that the City Planning Commission ~~~~ommend to the Village Council that it adopt the Standards set forth in the state Program now, and as soon as the Supplemental data is available (concerning the actual flood plain) that the ordianance be amended to comply with the standards. Dick Fredlund will be at the January Meeting to make a report on Annexation and other matters being studied under the new program. TRAFFIC The report on traffic handeling in the aity of Elk River dealt mainly with long range plans. It was suggested that we should also be concerned with short term remidies that would not be costly and would help the traffic problem now. To this end it was suggested that we get aerial photos of the highway through town and suggest turn off or slow down lanes, widening the ~fue roadway to include the boulevard, elimination of parking, etc. If it will be a long time before drastic improvments are made, the question of the location and installation~ of stop li~hts will also have to be considered. HOUSE NUMBERS AND STREET SIGNS Discussion leadtco the conclusion that we should change the zoning ordinance and/or the platting regulations to include Designated Street names and House Numbers and also street Signs. The pre-numbering of houses to be placed on lots would be a ::he--lp- tc~ local authorities and to the selling and handeling of the various lots. Rex Oe~nger and Lester Derr have both reccornmended this and should be incl~q~d ~p t~ z9n~pg Ofd~n~nce~