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Meeting Date: 6/23/93 Agenda Item: P 2 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM DESCRIPTION: Proposed amendment to the commercial district development moratorium ordinance, Chapter 5 Section 5 Subdivision 3 (c) SUBMITTED BY: Planning Commission REVIEWED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator Peter Bachman, City Attorney Fred Hoisington Planning Commission EXPLANATION /SUMMARY: As the staff and consultant proceeded with the commercial zoning study begun last fall, it became clear that there are several commercial uses that cannot be easily included or excluded from the city's proposed Snelling and Larpenteur commercial district without determining the statutory authority the city has over certain uses, the possible secondary impacts of certain uses and the best way to control certain uses (i.e. zoning, conditions, licensing). Although the development moratorium on the city's commercial districts currently restricts most of these uses from the city because they are not specifically listed permitted uses in the city's zones, the moratorium will be more effective if these uses are specifically identified for two reasons. First, it will clarify any possible ambiguities in what uses fall under the moratorium. Second, it will allow the city to remove most of the commercial uses from the development moratorium when the first phase of the zoning study is done and leave the more complex uses under the moratorium until the best way to regulate them is determined. The proposed list of these items does not mean that the city will or will not choose to exclude them from the final commercial zoning code. These uses appear because they may have secondary impacts on the city's business and residential neighborhoods and, therefore, require new or changes in conditions on the uses or new licensing requirements. Some uses may be excluded. The planning commission recommended the proposed ordinance change at its June 7, 1993 special meeting. ATTACHMENTS: A Proposed amendment to the ordinance on the development moratorium. Chapter 5 Section 5 Subdivision 3(c). B Moratorium ACTION REQUESTED: Amend the ordinance on the city's commercial development moratorium, Chapter 5, Section 5 Subd. 3(c)