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91490.1 Mayor and City CouncilTO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Public Facilities Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administra^^^ ^ September 14, 1990 2.1 igcQ OF OBQtio Attachment:A. Public Facilities - Zoning Memo Dated 8/8/90 B. Moratorium - Facilities for Non City of Orono Municipalities Dated 5/15/90 ISSUE - Determination of general language for consideration by Planning Commission regarding the following; Facilities of other governmental units Public utility facilities INTRODUCTION - At the Council's August 13, 1990 Council meeting Council tabled discussion regarding Attachment A. Initial focus of this plus the moratorium was facilities of other local governmental units, which led to further consideration of State and Federal facilities. Additionally there is reference to public utilities primarily as they relate to other governmental units. However, recent considerations for public service structures of public utilities. (These included the electrical company for a substation and Contel for a switching station on North Shore Drive West together with pending applications from Minnegasco for temporary "peak shaving" plant in an industrial zone and US West for a cellular phone antenna and switching building near Wayzata Boulevard in a residential district.) The basic recommendation for Attachment A was to limit the use of these types of facilities in residential zones to city owned facilities as permitted uses, conditional uses for schools in their own jurisdiction and other facilities whether governmental units such as Metro Waste that serve primarily a local need. Other facilities for other governmental units and public utilities that do not serve local Orono need would be requried to be located in compatible commercial or industrial zones as conditional uses. The types of issues related to both the local government and public utilities facilities are as follows;