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Second Reading, Ordinance No. 04-09 and Resolution 09-54 page 3 impacts. In fact, they have been found to be similar uses under this law in several court cases and therefore a city must regulate them equally. In addition, the courts have decided that property tax revenue issues are not justifications for treating religious uses differently from similar uses. Amendments to Zoning Ordinance Staff conducted an analysis of the current zoning ordinance. Based on the analysis, which was detailed in the July 27 report, the zoning ordinance should be amended to accomplish the following: • Add Public, Educational, and Religious Buildings as conditional uses to the LB and GB zoning districts. • Setbacks must be consistent within the same zoning district for both categories: "Public, Educational, and Religious Buildings" and "Private Lodges and Clubs". The normal setbacks from residential districts in the LB and GB zoning districts should apply. • Delete the term "commercial" from building requirements paragraphs in LB and GB to clarify that all types of buildings are required to meet the requirements. • Clarify that a lodge or club and public/educational/religious building must meet the same screening requirements as business or industrial uses, as listed in Sec. 3, Subd. 4.Q • Clear up ambiguity for parking screening: to avoid confusion, use consistent language for requirements for lodge or club and public/ educational /religious. Amendment to Liquor Code The Lino Lakes City Code regulates liquor licenses in Chapter 700. It requires a separation of 1000 feet between a business getting a liquor license and a church or school. This is measured from front door to front door. The Code exempts some types of schools and the separation is not applied if the liquor license was granted before the church or school arrives. The business zoning districts are not huge in Lino Lakes, and many of them stretch along highway corridors. If a church or school locates in an LB or GB zone and the 1000 ft. distance is applied, it would eliminate most of the city's business zones as locations for restaurants or other uses that need a liquor license. This would prohibit many desirable businesses from locating in Lino Lakes. Since the business areas were established as locations for businesses, any church or school that locates in these areas should be expected to be coexist with the business uses. The business uses might include establishments with liquor licenses. Just as the property line setback distances for churches/schools and businesses should be equal, other regulations should be equal.