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<br />Item No: 9B <br />Meeting Date: August 25, 2003 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Ordinance 718, an Ordinance Amending <br />Ordinance 709, an Emergency Interim Ordinance Regulating <br />the Presence and Siting of Pawnshops and Related <br />Establishments within the City of Mounds View <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The City Council adopted Interim ordinance on February 27, 2003, which directed the <br />Planning Commission to review the licensing and zoning implications related to pawnshops <br />and to recommend applicable provisions. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The Planning Commission discussed this issue at meetings in March, April and May of this <br />year, reviewing State statues, ordinances from adjoining communities and ordinances from <br />communities where pawnshops currently operate. The Commission also heard testimony <br />from representatives of the Mounds View Police Department who did research on their own, <br />discussing the potential impacts of a pawnshop with other police departments. After <br />significant discussion and input from interested parties including residents and tenants from <br />Moundsview Square, the Commission adopted a resolution forwarding two ordinances on to <br />the City Council for their consideration. <br /> <br />The City Council deliberated on the pawnshop zoning and licensing matters before sending <br />the zoning component back to the Commission for additional study to consider (1) an overlay <br />district and (2) potential additional uses to include within the overlay. The Planning <br />Commission met to review the overlay issues on July 16th and again on August 20th. It <br />appears unlikely that the Council will have an opportunity to adopt regulations by September <br />27, 2003, the date indicated in the original ordinance adopted in February. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Adopt the attached ordinance amending the original ordinance, extending the deadline for <br />adoption of Pawn regulations until March 26, 2003. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />Reviewed by City Administrator: ________