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,-3- Range Twenty Two (22) that lies east of the Saint Paul Water Works Roadway. 3. Wherever in any of the commercial areas designated in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, there is a tract containing less than three hundred (300) feet of highway frontage lying between two areas now or here- after devoted to residential purposes b_y actual use then to devote such tract to commercial uses application must be made to the Village Council for a special use permit in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained. (b) Uses. In the commercial districts unless otherwise provided in this resolution, no building or land shall be used and no building shall hereafter be erected, altered or used except for one or more of the follow- ing uses, to -wit; 1. All uses permitted in residential and open development districts. 2. Retail stores and shops. 3. Fire and police stations and postoffice. 4. Assembly rooms and lodge halls. 5. Personal service shops. 6. Retail automobile and farm implement sales rooms. 7. Restaurants and cafes. 8. Mortuaries. 9. Theaters, financial institutions and professional offices. 10. Photograph studios. 11. Automobile stations for the sale of gasoline, oil and accessories. 12. Public garages. 13. Small animal hospitals. 14. Carpenter shops, furniture repairing, bookbinding, dress making and tailoring shops, shoe repair shops, newspaper and other printing establishments, electrical shops, metal work, tin smithing. plumbing, water, gas and steamfitting shops, blacksmith shops, machine shops, but not including the production or manufacture of any material used therein. 15. Hotels. 16. And the following uses provided a special use permit is first obtained as hereinafter provided: a. Tourist camps. b. Skating rinks. c. Refreshment parlors or taverns providing such establishment has a permit to operate its business as required or as may be here- after required under any law in force in the State of Minnesota. d. Trailer camps. 17. Other business uses which in the opinion of the Village Council are of the same general character as the uses in this section :_hereinabove enumerated and which will not be obnoxious or detrimental to the commercial district in which it is located. No use shall be permitted which in the judgment of the Village Council will be offensive because of noise, vibration, smoke, gas, fumes, odors, or dust or hazardous because of fire or explosion. SECTION IV. PRESENT USES. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the lawful use of any land or building existing at the time of taking effect of the resolution may be continued although such use does not conform to the regulations provided by this resolution for the district in which such land or bulding is located, provided, however, that no such non -conforming use be extended to occupy a greater area of land than that occupied by such use at the time of the adoption of this resolution; not shall any such non -conforming use