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PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF LITTLE CANADA 515 LITTLE CANADA ROAD LITTLE CANADA, MINN. 55117 Minutes con't. May 6, 1982 Page 4 TEXT AMMENDMENT- Zoning Ordinance regarding permit for rental hall in R -B area. Joe Brinkman, future prospective purchaser of 2 story building which Tom Krejci owns, appeared stating he would leave upstairs as offices & renovate it to make it more energy efficient, etc. He would want to use the lower level for a rental hall. He feels that they can accommodate parking needs by using parking which all ready exists & proposed parking which will be added to Krejci's building. Brad Nielsen stated that the occupancy code calls for 1 occupant per 7 sq. ft. of floor area. According to code it would require 86 parking spaces for the hall. Tom Krejci stated that he thought the maximuh load in that building would be 200 occupants. 71 spaces would be needed if the entire Old Little Canada School building were used for office spaces. If the downstairs were used for rental hall, there would be a need for 52 spaces for upstairs offices. Parking for rental hall should be 86 spaces. Sharon Timmons stated that she was opposed to a-:rental hall in that area. She felt that the area was a transitional area along that part of Little Canada Rd. Nr. Hanson stated that he felt that maybe the owners could not find clients willing to rent, with such limited parking available. Art Trevio, caterer, appeared and stated that he did not feel there would be a problem with parking because the hours of wedding receptions etc., would not clash with hours of other activities in the area. Mr. Costa felt that it would be a real hardship to the Fire Dept. to lose the public parking on the street. Mr. LeMay stated that he felt the city may have a need for a rental hall, but not on that site. Mr. Krejci stated that he felt it was a natural for the building to be used as a rental hall. Mr. LeMay asked Mr. Brinkman how he would control the number of cars parked in the area. Mr. Vitale asked Mr. Brinkman if plans were made to bring the lower level up to code.for a rental hall. Mr. Brinkman stated that he would bring everything up to code for a rental hall. Mr. Vitale asked if there would be a problem with liquor being served close to school property. Brad Nielsen stated they were 450 ft. from St. John's Church & school, & approximately 1000 ft. from Little Canada Elementary school. Brad said he was not sure how a liquor use in the rental hall falls into Little Canada's liquor use ordinance. Mr. Nielsen suggested that maybe the thing to do in regard to a recommendation to City Council is to give a second alternative if the recommendation is negative to the rental hall. Mr. Costa stated that there was already a real problem with parking for the Fire Department. (Mr. Fratallone left at 10:00) Gene DeLonais made a motion to recommend to City Council to amend Sec. 909.040 of the Little Canada Zoning Code Ordinance to include rental halls as a conditional use permit within the R -B. Motion dead for lack of a 2nd. V() 08