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Item �lo: 5 <br />�lieeting �aie: April 16, 2003 <br />'fype of �usiness: Discussion <br />f � I I� "' �:���. <br />� <br />�°o; Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: James Ericson, lnfierim City Administra�or <br />Ite�n iitle/�ubject: Consideration of Resofution 724-03, a Resolufiian <br />Recommending Approvaf of Two Ordinances Related to <br />F'awnshops, Zoning and Licensing in Mounds View; <br />Special Planning Case No. SP-114-03 <br />� <br />The City is in the process of amending ifis Zoning and Business Codes to allow for fhe <br />regu[ation of Pawnshops in Mounds View. The Ci#y Council adopted an Interim ardinance an <br />February 27, 2Q03, which directs the Planning Commission to reviewthe zoning implications <br />and fo reCOmmend applicab[e provisions. The Planning Commission has discussed �his <br />issue afi their March 5th, March 19th and April 2nd meefiings. <br />� .. <br />-: '�, The Planning Commission reviewed m detail the last version of both the zoning ordinance <br />and the licensing ordinance, respectively entitled Ordinances 719 and 712. The license <br />fees, because they are established by Council resolufiion, are nof reflected in either <br />ordinance. They were discussed at your last meeting, and ihe fees being recommended <br />to fhe Cauncil are as falfows: <br />o $5,009 annuai fee <br />o $750 investigation fee <br />o $1.50 per transaction fee <br />o$10,000 per�ormance bond in force for the life of the operation <br />The only changes to proposed Ordinance 732 (Licensing) from the version [ast reviewed are <br />as fol[ows: <br />1. Gamblinq. Language has been added to Subd. 1 of Section 5i 6.14, Prohibited Acts, that <br />prohibits gambiing. The language is similar to thaf present in BurnsviEle ordinance. <br />2. Siqnage. Language v�as added to Section 516.11, General License Requirements, fio <br />require signage conspicuousfy posied within the business thaf articulafes to the public <br />who can pawn and under what conditions. The language is similar fio that #ound in the <br />Plymou�h ordinance <br />3< Disposition of Articles. ln the version last revi�wed, Section 5'i�.14 required that the <br />licensee, upon requesf bythe pledger, disciose to the pledgerthe name of the purchaser <br />ar the price for which fihe pledged item was solc4. Mr. Przetycki objected ta this <br />requirement on the basis thafi it is foo restrictive, that people buying a CD or movie may <br />