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Basumatary CUP Report May 19, 2010 Page 2 it deems necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of the Zoning Code and forward such findings to the City Council. Discussion: Ms. Basumatary is proposing to hold a farmers market in the movie theater parking lot on Saturdays from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm. The market would run from mid-June to mid-October each year. According to the submitted site plan, the market would use about 10-12 parking spaces for vendors in the southern end of the parking lot near Moe’s restaurant. Ms. Basumatary plans to start small this year with a few vendors to see if a farmers market is successful in Mounds View. If the market is successful, she would add more vendors to this location in the future. She has organized other farmers markets and has six vendors ready to participate in Mounds View this year. The City Code limits the outside services and sales to 30 percent of the gross floor area of the building. In this case, the movie theater is a very large building so there is no problem with the small area of the parking lot that she is proposing for the market. City staff will monitor the parking situation with the market and the theater - especially if the market is successful and becomes larger. CUP Considerations: Chapter 1125 of the Zoning Code requires that the Planning Commission review and address any potential adverse effects which include, but are not limited to, relationship with the Comprehensive Plan, geographical area involved, potential depreciation, the character of the surrounding area and the demonstrated need for such a use. I have addressed each of these potential adverse effects below. Relationship with the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan encourages existing businesses to remain in the city along with the introduction of new businesses within Mounds View when compatible with surrounding uses. The City has zoned the movie theater PUD (Planned Unit Development), and it is primarily surrounded by other commercial uses (Moe’s Restaurant, strip mall with Subway, office building, and Walgreen’s across Highway 10). There is a residential neighborhood on the south side of the movie theater building, but the area where the farmers market is proposed is not directly adjacent to any residential uses. If the City Council approves the conditional use permit as requested, this CUP would be in line with the Comprehensive Plan “Regional Commercial” land use designation for the theater site. The Location and Character of the Surrounding Area. The Wynnsong movie theater is located on the south side of Highway 10 at Edgewood Drive. The applicant is proposing to locate the market at the south end of the parking lot, closest to Highway 10 for the best visibility. There are residential properties to the south of the theater building, but they are probably not within sight of where the farmers market would be located in the parking lot.