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Mounds View Planning Commission April 21, 2010 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br />____________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />store in a property zoned B-1. Since then, the individual has made application to the City for a <br />B-1 zoning text amendment that the Commission will consider at their next meeting. The B-1 <br />zoning has limitations because of the small lot size and space restrictions. She indicated there <br />were several examples of zoning codes from other cities for the planning commission to review. <br />She stated the commission can either address the applicants request to add a thrift store to the <br />B-1 District tonight or discuss adding more uses into the B-1 zoning district and amending the <br />zoning code all at once. She also suggested adding some of these possible uses as conditional <br />uses would give the city leverage when considering various uses as the planning commission <br />would need to review the requests. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson stated in the example of B-1 zoning from New Brighton he liked the language <br />that gave the City Council options to use their discretion and felt Mounds View could add some <br />language similar to this to the City Code. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Roberts stated with this language it gives the City Council <br />some discretion. By adding this language it would assist with business changing within that <br />zoning district. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson asked if there has been an issue with parking at site. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller stated she has never seen a parking issue. She added the building is a <br />neighborhood building and many people walk to the businesses. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Roberts stated with the text amendment being presented at <br />the next meeting, staff also would propose amendments to address this issue the one time. <br /> <br />Commissioner Cramblit stated he is would like the City to add other uses as conditional uses. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Roberts asked if there were uses that the commission felt <br />strongly on leaving out of the permitted uses. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller stated the example from the City of Fridley has some excluded uses <br />such as pawn shops and second hand stores. With a thrift store possibly going in there, staff will <br />have to watch the site carefully. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson suggested having the second hand store use be permitted by a conditional use. <br />This gives the city more control of how it is handled. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller stated that staff would draft an amended B-1 zoning district and bring <br />the proposed changes before the commission at their next meeting. <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />