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ek/ A.( <br /> ( ( ITEM 5.8. <br /> city of <br /> Elk/, } • <br /> River <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Planning Commission <br /> FROM: Scott Harlicker, Assistant Planner <br /> DATE: June 25, 199, <br /> SUBJECT: City of Elk River Request for Zone Change <br /> from Rla (Single Family Residential) to <br /> II(Light Industrial) Public Hearing <br /> Case No. ZC 96-10 <br /> Request <br /> Consider a request by the City of Elk River to rezone approximately 60 acres of <br /> • the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 14 lying north of Highway 10 <br /> and south of 165th Avenue from Rla (Single Family Residential) to I1 (Light <br /> Industrial). <br /> Overview <br /> This rezoning request was tabled because of concern about the impacts on the <br /> Cargill Animal Nutrition Center. The rezoning will affect a portion of the <br /> property that was included in the Conditional Use Permit granted in May 1995 <br /> for the operation of a feedlot. The 60 acres of Cargill's property affected by the <br /> rezoning is a field and contains a caretakers residence, the actual research <br /> facility is not affected by this rezoning and it is staff's opinion that the nutrition <br /> center can continue operation as a conditional use, at the current location, under <br /> the conditional use permit that was issued in 1995. <br /> In a related matter, there has been discussion about how accurately feedlot <br /> describes the actual operation of the nutrition center. To address that issue staff <br /> is working with Cargill in drafting a new definition, animal nutrition and <br /> agricultural research, which will better describe the operations of the Cargill <br /> Animal Nutrition Center. It is intended to be included as a conditional use in <br /> the Al (Agricultural Conservation) and Rla (Single Family Residential) zones. <br /> • <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />