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Stu September 25, 2006 Honorable Mayor John Bergeson City of Lino Lakes 600 Town Center Drive Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Re: Proposed changes to the Neighborhood Business zoning district Dear Mayor Bergeson, As you know, Bruggeman Properties objects to rezoning of the Miller's Crossroads retail center from limited business to neighborhood business. However, as the City Council will likely proceed with the rezoning in spite of our objections, we are hereby providing additional information for your consideration regarding the proposed revisions to the neighborhood business zoning classification. We have reviewed the uses and proposed changes to the Neighborhood Business zoning district. As described in the city's zoning code "the purpose of the NB, Neighborhood Business District is to provide for the establishment of local businesses for convenience, limited office, retail or service outlets which deal directly with the daily requirements of the immediate neighborhood and which are located along a collector or arterial roadway." In that regard, the following permitted uses present in our current zoning should be added to the Neighborhood Business zoning classification: • Liquor sales, both on and off, but especially on -sale for small specialty restaurants. Ethnic or specialty restaurants are very typical tenants of neighborhood centers, and commonly serve beer, wine and liquor. • Recreational business contained entirely within the principal building. This could be interpreted to prohibit exercise or work -out facilities (such as Curves) and other similar businesses that are common tenants of neighborhood centers. • Service business — off site. This term is vague and could be interpreted broadly to include pizza and other food or service delivery businesses, such as Dominos. • Specialty schools such as music, dance, martial arts, gymnastic, or business /trade schools are common and appropriate tenants of neighborhood centers and should be permitted. The current conditional uses in Neighborhood Business are appropriate, and the following conditional uses should be added: • Accessory drive - though facilities with provisions clearly eliminating the most intensive drive - through uses, such as, large fast food restaurants. Conditional uses for less intensive purposes such as dry cleaners, small restaurants, bank facilities with less than two drive up lanes and drug stores are appropriate for this zoning classification and serve only the immediate neighborhood. • Private specialty schools such as music, dance or business schools (if specialty schools are not added as a permitted use in NB). • Restaurants with accessory outdoor dining facilities because this is a desirable walkable use in a neighborhood.