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• City of Falcon Heights Planning Commission 28 November 1994 Number: 5 ITEM: Consideration of an extension to the moratorium on stores that sell firearms SUBMITTED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator EXPLANATION: In March, 1993 the city council adopted an interim development moratorium on cmmercial uses that the council considered to have possible detrimental secondary impacts on the city's business district and surrounding residential neighborhoods. In March, 1994 the city council adopted a series of ordinances governing several of these uses and removed these commercial uses from the interim moratorium. Only one use, stores that sell firearms, remains under the interim development moratorium. The moratorium currently expires on December 31, 1994. • Over the past months staff has collected information related to statutes and city ordinances controlling the location of stores that sell firearms. This has included having the city attorney discuss the status of regulating these uses with the City of St. Paul city attorney. Staff is continuing to gather information from other cities including zoning regulations and definitions of such stores. At this time staff recommends that the planning commission and city council extend the moratorium on stores that sell firearms until the necessary information can be gathered to develop the appropriate zoning and licensing ordinances to cover this use. An extension until March 31, 1995 should provide ample time for the staff, commission and council to complete this process and adopt the appropriate ordinances. ATTACHMENTS: A -Proposed amendment to Chapter 5 Section 5.04 ACTION REQUESTED: ~ Staff review of information being gathered • Recommend amending ordinance Chapter 5 Section 5.04 to extend the interim • moratorium until March 31, 1995.