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<br />Items 8G and 8H Staff Report <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />The Station is a very small scale gas station compared to a Holiday or SuperAmerica. <br />Currently the zoning code only has one definition of a motor fuel station, regardless of <br />size. The Planning Commission felt that The Station could be defined as a “neighborhood <br />gas station” and allowed to operate in less than a B-3 zoning district. <br /> <br />Staff did some research to see if other cities have different gas station definitions, and <br />what zoning districts they allow gas stations to operate in. Five cities zoning codes were <br />looked at: Maplewood, Arden Hills, Vadnais Heights, Blaine and Fridley. A few did have <br />two gas station distinctions: “convenience food store with accessory gas pumps” and a <br />‘service station” which may have auto services also. The cities that defined a Service <br />Station, only allowed them in at least a B-3 or comparable zoning district, whereas, the <br />convenience food store with gas pumps was allowed, depending on the city, in B-1 or B-2 <br />districts. All the cities except Maplewood, allow gas stations in lower zoned business <br />districts than a B-3 (or comparable), and all five of the cities only allow a gas station as a <br />conditional use. <br /> <br />Staff is proposing that the Mounds View Zoning Code could be amended to define a <br />“Neighborhood Motor Fuel Station” and to allow a smaller gas station in a B-2 zoning <br />district as a conditional use. Staff has drafted a definition for a Neighborhood Motor Fuel <br />Station and the proposed addition to the B-2 zoning code, Chapter 1113, allowing a <br />Neighborhood Motor Fuel Station to be allowed as a conditional use. The City Attorney <br />has reviewed this proposal and indicates this could be a satisfactory option rather than <br />rezoning and a Comp Plan Amendment to a higher intensity use. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends setting the public hearing date and time as requested. Notices will be <br />sent to property owners within 350 feet of the property. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br /> <br />