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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC, 4600 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 5 422 Telephone: 763.231.2565 Facsimile: 763,231.2661 planners@neoplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: April 3, 2015 RE: Little Canada — Gordies Conditional Use Permit Amendment FILE NO: 758.09 — 15.07 Background and Analysis Thomas Cossack is seeking an amendment to an existing Conditional Use Permit for Gordies at 201 E. Little Canada Road. The property had been granted a CUP for commercial recreation previously to allow outdoor recreation activities as an establishment with alcohol service. The previous permit required a line of spruce trees along the westerly boundary, and limited outdoor activities to volleyball and boot hockey on certain nights. The applicants wish to broaden their opportunities due to a change in the way their activities occur, and to seek the ability to allow outdoor alcohol consumption in connection with the events. In addition, they are proposing to replant one of the trees in the screening area which has not survived. To accomplish this, the applicants are required to enclose the area from the indoor bar service area and the entire facility where alcohol can be consumed. The purpose of this rule, under state liquor regulations, is to ensure that customers ca not enter the facility in any way except through the bar area, and that they are not able to exit or enter between the parking lot and the outdoor service area. Outdoor commercial recreation. With regard to the range of activities in the outdoor area, the applicants propose to expand the types of leagues to include boot hockey, broomball, bean bag toss, volleyball, horseshoes, body ball and bocce ball. The applicants suggest that they will have league play on a variety of weeknights, but state that they do not expect to be active every night of the week — although they wish to reserve that opportunity. They also are seeking the ability to conduct tournaments on weekends up to 6 weekends per year.