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Mounds View City Council August 23, 1999 <br /> Regular Meeting Page 18 <br /> Council Member Marty stated the developers appeared to be doing their homework and their own <br /> footwork, and were not asking for any special assistance or TIF from the City, and he thought that <br /> was a positive factor. <br /> Mayor Coughlin provided a picture of the proposed facility for the television viewers. He stated this <br /> was an attractive building, which he thought would provide a good buffer between what is <br /> considered the residential area, and the business area. He stated he thought this would be a much <br /> better transition to that area than a video store, a gas station, or a liquor store. <br /> Council Member Stigney stated that there had been discussion regarding a sidewalk around the <br /> facility, and possibly at the front of the building, to provide pedestrian access for the overflow <br /> parking. He inquired if this issue would be addressed at the Development Review. Planning <br /> Associate Ericson stated it would. Council Member Stigney stated the Planning Commission had <br /> discussed several times what would happen to the facility if the proposed use did not materialize, <br /> and had wanted some assurance that it would not be turned into a half-way house, or a drug <br /> rehabilitation type of situation. Planning Associate Ericson stated that Ordinance No. 639 was <br /> drafted in such a way to address that issue. He stated there was some ambiguity in the Code at <br /> present, in regard to the definition of nursing homes and similar group housing, in that the term <br /> "similar group housing" had raised some questions as to the definition of the use. He stated the <br /> Planning Commission and staff had proposed that the language of Ordinance No. 639 be amended <br /> to indicate "Nursing homes and other elderly congregate housing." He stated the conditional use <br /> permit that the Council would be approving for this operation would be specific to this operation, <br /> in that it would be for a senior citizen assisted living facility, and not for a drug rehabilitation center <br /> or anything of that nature. He stated as a result of amending this language in the Code, a drug <br /> rehabilitation facility would not be allowed in the City. He stated, although they may wish to <br /> consider this at some point in the future, there was no provision contained in the conditional use <br /> permit by which it would be allowed. He stated he believed that Ordinance 639 sufficiently <br /> protected the City, in the event that the facility is built, and a different use should come under <br /> consideration. He stated the conditional use permit would allow the facility to be used for exactly <br /> what was being proposed, and nothing else. City Attorney Riggs added that if the stated use did not <br /> continue on at some point in time, the conditional use permit would cease to exist, and the matter <br /> would have to come back before the Council. <br /> MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Stigney. To Approve the First Reading of Ordinance 631, an <br /> Ordinance Approving a Rezoning of 2670 County Road I From B-2, Limited Business Commercial, <br /> to R-4, High-Density Residential and Amending the city's Official Zoning Map; Planning Case No. <br /> 559-99. <br /> Ayes—3 Nays—0 Motion carried. <br /> MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Stigney. To Set the Public Hearing of Ordinance No 639 for 7:15 <br /> P.M., September 13, 1999, and to Direct Staff to Publish the Notification Pursuant to the <br /> Requirement. <br /> 18C:\ADMIN\MINUTES\CC\8-23-99.CC <br />