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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763. 231 .2561 pianners@nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: May 6, 2011 RE: Little Canada — Seasonal Garden and Farmer's Market Facilities Zoning Amendment and PUD Permit FILE NO: 758.10 — 11.02 Background and Analysis The City of Little Canada's Parks and Recreation Department has applied for an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to permit the operation of a seasonal farmer's market within the parking lot area of the Saxon Lanes bowling facility. Under the current zoning regulations, such uses are allowed only as accessory uses by Conditional Use Permit, meaning that the seasonal outdoor sales is required to be related to a principal use of the property. Because the farmer's market would not be related to the Saxon lanes principal use, it would essentially constitute a separate principal use of the property. Seasonal outdoor sales is not listed as a separate principal use in the zoning ordinance, therefore, the PUD District language (which incorporates most of the uses in all of the City's zoning districts) does not include this as an optional use under the PUD flexibility. This amendment would clarify the position of other garden center /outdoor sales uses in the area as well. The proposed farmer's market would be located on the north end of the Saxon parking lot, covering about 11,000 square feet of area adjacent to the stormwater pond along Market Place Drive. Access would be from Market Place Drive on the east, and another parking lot access would continue to be available south of the market. The proposed Farmer's Market would operate only on Mondays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., so there should be no expected interference with the peak uses times of the bowling center or its associated uses. Finally, the market is expected to operate for a limited period of time, beginning in late June, and terminating by late September.