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\ <br />To:Planning Commission Members <br />From:Jeanne A. Mnbusth, Zoning Administrator <br />Date:September 13, 1985 <br />Subject: #966 Clifford Otten, .'*445 Sixth Avenue North - Zoning Amendment <br />Zoning District - RR-IB <br />Application - Amend existing zoning district standards to permit <br />commercial uses that do not regv.: re municipal services and <br />that will be compatible with surrounding rural residential <br />develooment. <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit A - <br />Exhibit B - <br />Exhibit <br />Exhibit <br />Exhibit <br />Exhibit <br />Exhibit <br />Exhibit <br />C <br />D <br />E <br />F <br />G <br />H <br />Application <br />Property Owners List <br />Plat Map <br />Key to Site Plan <br />Site Plan <br />Mabusth's Letter of 2/25/85 <br />Council Minutes of 2/11/85 <br />Roadway Classification Map <br />At the Council meeting of February 11, 1985, Cliff Otten appeared <br />before the Council to receive conceptual direction from the Council con­ <br />cerning is interest in two rural zoned parcels of land that abutted High­ <br />way 12 for the purpose of relocating his entire operation into one garden <br />center. The garden center would house the commercial sales, maintenance <br />facility, design office, displays, and garden areas. The Council responded <br />positively to Otten's request but advised that current zoning would not <br />permit the garden center use. Council advised staff to work with Otten in <br />preparing the necessary amendment of the code and that Otten must decide on <br />one of the two sites proposed (review Exhibits F & G). <br />Otten was unable to obtain the most suitable site off Highway 12 and <br />opted for the prcoosd site within the southwest quardrant of County Road 6 <br />and Willow Drive Jorth. <br />The 25 acre site is located within the defined study area. At this <br />point we have no idea as to the final approved use of the area or if this <br />is to be an area served by municipal services. It was Council's wish to <br />see Otten's operation located within an unsewered rural area adjacent to a <br />major artery where access and an increase in traffic would not create <br />hazards or a nuisance for adjacent or nearby residential neighborhoods. <br />The issue of amending the code to permit this kind of commercial use <br />has become an integral part of this study and if accepted by Council would <br />be included in any comprehensive zoning amendment resulting from this <br />study. Such areas along Highway 12 that will not be sewered because of <br />comprehensive planning preferences or sewer capacity limitations may bo <br />suitable for uses such as Otten's level and type of commercial use.