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MEMORANDUM northwest 2ssociated Co TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Alan Brixius DATE: 8 July 1986 RE: North Suburban DAC Zoning Amendment /CUP FILE NO: 758.09 - 86.18 S ItwtS, IrC. TrIgni4 JUL 9 1986 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA BACKGROUND North Suburban DAC is a rehabilitation center for mentally retarded adults. The purpose of this state licensed facility is to provide vocational training for mentally handicapped adults to permit them to achieve some level of vocational competency. These facilities offer only day time training and attempt to establish a work environment that is similar to real job conditions. The North Suburban DAC is a private, nonprofit facility that contracts with Ramsey County to provide their training facilities. Currently the DAC wishes to lease 8,000 square feet of floor area at 2,940 Rice Street. This site contains the Little Canada Bingo Hall. The site is currently zoned I -1, Light Industrial District. Within this zoning district, the rehabilitation center is not an allowed use. Review of the Little Canada Zoning Ordinance indicates that this unique facility is not directly addressed. The most comparable uses would be a day care facility which is a conditional use permit in the "P ", Public District, or a trade school which is a permitted use in the "I ", Light Industrial District. Since this rehabilitation center facility is not directly addressed within the Zoning Ordinance, an ordinance amendment is being requested. Staff review recommended that if the City chooses to amend the ordinance, such facilities be treated as conditional uses. In light of this staff recommendation, North Suburban DAC wishes to process a CUP simultaneous to the City's consideration of the zoning amendment. 1820 minnetonka blvd., src 200, munneapolts, mn 55416 (61 2) 925 -9420