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ORDINANCE NO. 09-06, SECOND SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A GROW ZONE OVERLAY DISTRICT CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES COUNTY OF CROW WING STATE OF MINNESOTA The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes does ordain as follows: Purpose and Intent: The purpose and intent of this Ordinance is to amend Chapter 17 of the Pequot Lakes City Code relating to establishing a Grow Zone Overlay District within the City of Pequot Lakes. Amendment: Chapter 17,Article 6.5, Grow Zone Overlay District shall be added as follows: 1. Establishment. This section hereby establishes a Grow Zone Overlay District, the boundaries of which are designated on the official Grow zone Overlay District Map. 2. Purpose and Intent. The intent of the Grow Zone Overlay District is to: a. Facilitate economic development and increased tax base in the downtown area of Pequot Lakes, b. Provide a clear and streamlined approval process for development within the downtown, c. Capitalize on public infrastructure investments by allowing more-intense use of existing infrastructure, d. Enhance the mixed-use aspect of the downtown so as to expand the local market for merchants, e. Ensure that development in downtown Pequot Lakes is compatible with existing private investments already made in the downtown, and f. Reinforce a sense-of-place in downtown Pequot Lakes to help create the "destination effect"described in the Comprehensive Plan. 3. Application The standards applied to the area designated within the Grow Zone Overlay District are considered alternative standards for development. A property owner shall have the option of applying either the standards contained in the underlying zoning district or the standards contained in the Grow Zone Overlay district Once the decision on which standards to apply has been made, those standards shall be applied exclusively, with the standards in the section that was not selected excluded from all consideration. 4. Standards.