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CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES CROW WING COUNTY,MINNESOTA ORDINANCE XX-2009 AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING A GROW ZONE OVERLAY DISTRICT THE CITY COUNCIL OF PEQUOT LAKES ORDAINS THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 17—LAND USE(ZONING)AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, SECTION 17-6.5 Section 17-6.5 Grow Zone Overlay District 1. 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. 2. 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 appl inng 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. 3. Standards. Government Drive (Note: Government Drive has a loo foot right-of-way and structures on only one side. This means that, in order to build the sense-of-place and maintain the 3:1 to 6:1 ratio, the east side of Government Drive needs to have tall structures that face the street. We should consider a line of trees on the west side to provide the other `wall" that would help create the place in between.)