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2 On February 9, 2022, the P&Z reviewed the new zoning districts, agritourism and liquor uses to provide input and recommendations on changes to the ordinance. On March 30, 2022, the P&Z held a work session to review the draft zoning map changes and provided feedback on the proposed changes. ANALYSIS Staff wanted to provide an update on six issues that the P&Z has reviewed and commented on at previous meetings. The intent of this discussion is to highlight a few issues where there had been some significant discussion and finalize before the full Zoning Ordinance is brought back for review. Indoor Storage The previous draft shared with the P&Z included indoor self-storage as a permitted use in the light and general industrial districts. At that time, there were some concerns about lighting and exterior overhead doors. Staff has amended the permitted use to allow “Indoor Self-Storage, with no overhead doors” to restrict the overhead doors. The lighting of the building would be subject to the lighting standards of the ordinance and staff is comfortable this would limit any excessive lighting on the structure and the site. Agritourism Agritourism is a new use that has been added as a conditional use to the Rural (R) and Urban Transition (UT) districts. Following the P&Z meeting on February 9th staff met with the Joyers, the owners of Waldoch Farm, and discussed the proposed standards for Agritourism. Staff has made some changes to the draft ordinance based on the discussion with the Joyers which includes: • Allow cider mills or wineries to offer products from Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota or South Dakota in addition to Minnesota. • Allow “Food trucks, concession stands, or temporary food services to host visitors once attracted to the agricultural business.” The revised draft ordinance is included as an attachment. Mead Minnesota liquor laws do not define mead as a separate type of alcohol beverage. They are considered a wine under the statutes, which is defined as, “a beverage made without rectification or fortification and containing not more than 25 percent of alcohol by volume and made by the fermentation of grapes, grape juice, other fruits, or honey.” The draft ordinance allows wineries in the R district. The P&Z wanted to create a cocktail room option for meaderies.