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ty of River MEMORANDUM ITEM 5.5. TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Mayor and City Council Steven B. Ach, City Planner~ March 18, 1996 Ordinance Amendment Request by the City of Elk River, Public Hearing Case No. OA 96-1 Request Consider Ordinance No. 96- ., amending the dimensional regulations set forth in the zoning ordinance for urban residential zoning districts (Rlc, Rld and Rle), and add the previously adopted standards for the BP and C4 zoning districts. Overview This ordinance amendment basically addresses the minimum lot size requirements for single family zoning districts which are intended to be served with city water and sewer. The ordinance amendment can basically be broken down into three parts. These three areas are as follows: Amending the dimensional regulations for the Rlc and Rld zoning districts, clarifying the minimum lot size requirement prior to city water and sewer, and in addition, the minimum lot size when water and sewer is ultimately available. The Rle zoning district currently requires a 20,000 square foot minimum lot size. The Planning Commission discussed establishing a new residential zoning district with a minimum lot size larger than the Rlc district for all of that residential area recently included within the urban service expansion area. Rather than creating a new district, it was recommended by the Planning Commission that the Rle district be adjusted accordingly, since the only Rle zoning that exists in the City is the Hillside Estates area, which will eventually be changed to a PUD, and create the appropriate dimensional regulations as recommended by the Planning Commission. Once again, these dimensional regulations would P.O. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425