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Local zoning The study also reviewed the zoning requirements that other <br />. cities utilize to control the impacts from these uses. The Cities of <br />Minneapolis, Richfield and Bloomington are illustrative. These cities permit <br />pawn shops and High Impact secondhand goods stores in their general <br />business districts rather than in their community or neighborhood business <br />districts. The City of Richfield has a distancing requirement of 250 feet <br />from any residentially zoned district. In the City of Falcon Heights, the <br />commercial districts and the residential districts are adjacent. Most <br />commercial structures are 40 feet to 100 feet from residential structures. <br />The farthest distance that a commercial structure is from a residential <br />structure. is 250 feet. Therefore, it isn't possible to establish such a distance <br />requirements between these businesses and the residential structures. <br />Availability. The City of Falcon Heights, with limited commercial space and <br />a population of 5,380 people, does not provide commercial services to a <br />regional area. It is located adjacent to the Cities of St. Paul and Roseville, <br />which provide those services within easy access to residents and visitors in <br />the City of Falcon Heights. The city is four miles from downtown <br />Minneapolis. There are currently at least nine pawn shops and High Impact <br />secondhand stores within a five to fifteen minute drive of the City of Falcon <br />Heights (Attachment 2). There is also bus service available for access. (This <br />number is listed in the phone book's yellow pages. Many of these <br />establishments may not advertise or be listed in the yellow pages.) <br />Conclusion <br />As a result of this staff research and the planning commission's consideration of <br />this research, the planning commission concluded that pawn shops and High <br />Impact secondhand goods stores are part of the cycle of crime and have adverse <br />impacts on the nearby residential property and businesses; that the distance <br />requirements used to ameliorate these impacts in other cities aren't feasible in the <br />city; that it is expensive to license and provide adequate police services for these <br />uses; that there is limited commercial area in Falcon Heights, which is used to <br />serve the community needs; that these uses are available within a five to fifteen <br />minute drive from Falcon Heights; and that the location of pawn shops and High <br />Impact secondhand goods stores in Falcon Heights would jeopardize the health, <br />safety and welfare of its citizens. <br />• <br />