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• Zoning Amendments and Rezoning of Millers Crossroads Commercial Site page 7 c. No outside storage, service or sales except as allowed in compliance with Section 3, Subd. 1.P and Section 7, Subd. 1.G.5 of this Ordinance. 4. Specialty schools such as music, dance or business schools provided that: a. Provisions are made to buffer and screen any adjoining residential uses. b. The site is served by an arterial or collector street of sufficient capacity to accommodate traffic which will be generated. • Catering Services: "Service Business — Off - Site" is a use that is not allowed in the NB zone, but restaurants are allowed. The definition of off -site service businesses includes catering services. However, the definition of restaurants includes delivery food sales. Caterers deliver food off -site, but so do pizza businesses that do deliveries. We recommend deleting catering services from the definition of Service Business Off -Site. This does not mean we would not allow catering services. It means catering services would fall under the definition of restaurants, which includes "delivery food sales ". This would allow catering businesses in the NB zone. A catering business would not cause conflicts in an NB zone and would be as appropriate in the NB as a restaurant, pizza delivery service, and the like. In fact, a caterer would generate less traffic, including delivery vehicles. SECTION 1. TITLE / APPLICATION / RULES Subd. 2. Rules and Definitions. B. Definitions. The following words and terms, wherever they occur in this Ordinance, shall be interpreted as herein defined: 15. Service Business Off -Site. A company that provides useful labor, maintenance, repair and activities incidental to business production or distribution where the service is provided at the customer's location, including delivery services, catering services, plumbing and sewer services, and other uses of similar character. Rezoning The subject site is located at the southeast corner of Birch St. and Hodgson Rd. During the recent discussion of site development, it became apparent that the existing zoning classification of the parcel (LB, Limited Business) is inconsistent with the City Council's intent when it rezoned the property in September 2003. Specifically, the LB zone provides for auto orientated uses that are not allowed in the NB, Neighborhood Business zone. The commercial site is abutting and accessed through the Millers Crossroads