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Legacy PUD Amendment: Outdoor Seating • page 2 There is no reason to consider outdoor seating "generally not suitable" in a business zone that allows restaurants as permitted uses. As long as standards are established that ensure that the seating will not pose a threat to public health, safety, and welfare, outdoor seating is a benefit to both the public and the individual business. In addition, a CUP adds time and expense for a business while adding no benefit to the public that can't be provided through an administrative review. As noted when amending the zoning ordinance, outdoor seating can be desirable for uses other than just restaurants. The proposed amendments address this in the Development Guide, also. Amendments to Development Guide The Development Guide lists allowable uses in Table 1. This table, found in Section 3.1 of the document, is relatively straightforward, listing uses and designating them as permitted, conditional, or accessory uses. Sections of text where amendments are proposed are outlined with heavy, dashed lines to help locate them. Deletions are shown in strikethrough text, additions are underlined. The proposal changes outdoor seating to an accessory use for restaurants and adds it to food stores and convenient stores. Amendments to footnotes of the table are proposed as well. Some are clarifications, but the main revision incorporates by reference the section of the zoning ordinance that we recently amended, with two differences specified for the Town Center. The Development Guide lists conditional use permit requirements in its Appendix A. The requirements for outdoor seating would be deleted because outdoor seating would become an accessory use rather than a conditional use. This parallels the amendment to the zoning ordinance. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approving the amendment to the Lino Lakes Town Center Design and Development Guide as shown in the attachment. Attachment A: Draft Amendments to Lino Lakes Town Center Design & Development Guide Section 3.1, Table 1 Appendix A, Conditional Uses • •