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PLANNING REPORT DATE: CASE NUMBER: APPLICANT: LOCATION: ACTION REQUESTED: PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 5 December 1984 1566-84 City of Roseville Industrial Areas Consideration of Industrial Zone for Waste Management 1. The City Planning Commission and Council have recently considered an amendment to the I-2 Zoning District to add a special use to commit the consideration of an industrial waste processing operation as applied for by the Metropolitan Recovery Corporation. The Council considered this request at its 13 November meeting, at which time the Council requested that the Planning Commission consider an amendment to the Zoning Code so as to consider a new zoning district as a means to consider an application for any industrial waste type facilities in the City. The Council is looking for the best method for consideration of any such application so as to retain as much control as possible over the possible proliferation of industrial waste facilities in the City. The Council felt that simply adding the use as a special use in the I-2 District might tend to "open the door to additional similar use proposals in the City. 2. With this objective in mind, we suggest the establishment of a separate zoning district, within which the waste treatment facility can be listed as a special use. Thus, the process for approving a particular location and installation would be one of first applying for the rezoning after which, if approved, the special use permit can then be processed. Though the merit of the City's standing in any litigation that might ensue over a disputed application may not be substantially altered with such a process, the principal difference in the two alternative methods is, of course, that the rezoning would require a four -fifths vote of the Council prior to a three -fifths vote in a consideration of a special use permit. The impact of having to apply for a rezoning first, followed by application for a special use permit, however, may well have the desired effect in deterring a potential applicant. 3. The creation of a number of zoning districts in a City's Zoning Code where the regulations within the district vary only slightly is quite common. The City of Minneapolis, for instance, has a great number of business districts with only minor differences as to regulations and uses. So to the City of Roseville initially adopted the B-1 Zone which was expanded to include a B-lA, and later a B-IB District. The new district might be labeled I-2A, Industrial District. An alternative