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r' To:Mayor Grabek & Orono Council Members Planning Commission Chairman Kelley Orono Planning Commission Members City Administrator Bernhardson From:Jeanne A. Mabusth, Building fi- Zoning Administrator Date:December 12, 1990 Subject: 3 (1) Municipal Facilities of Neighboring Cities In mid-1990 the City of Wayzata presented an inform.al plan before the Orono Council that proposed a public works facility including a fenced outdoor storage area on a property located in the RR-IB Residential Zone on the south side of Highway 12 just to the east of Busy Beaver Day Care and cemetery. This specific parcel is divided by the municipal boundaries of Wayzata and Orono and functions as a gateway to the City of Orono. It was the opinion of Wayzata's Council that our Code would allow a neighboring municipality to construct a municipal building as a permitted use. The City has heard no further from the City of Wayzata concerning the proposed use but Council did direct that the Code be amended to clearly reflect that municipal facilities allowed as permitted uses includes only those facilities owned and operated by the City of Orono. The present Code allows municipal buildings within all residential districts as a permitted use except for the RS District (Seasonal Recreational-Big Island). B-1, B-3, and B-4 Commercial Districts allow municipal buildings where the use conducted is customarily considered to be an office use. This would exclude any type of public works use within a commercial zone yet the Code would allow this use in a residential zone as a permitted use. B-5 allows all municipal buildings as oermitted uses similar to R districts. There is no reference in the Industrial Zone that would allow municipal facilities although several of the municipal type uses would be allowed under permitted or conditional uses. Staff has reviewed municipal facilities/buildings ordinances with the cities of Plymouth, Excelsior, Minnetonka and Minnetrista. Plymouth advised that municipal facilities/buildings were allowed in residential districts with conditional use permits. Excelsior allows muncipal buildings only within a commercial office district as a permitted use. Their Code did not distinguish between administrative or public works type facilities. Minnetrista allows municipal administrative and service buildings as a conditional use permit in residential 1