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<br />Item No: 5 <br />Meeting Date: April 16, 2003 <br />Type of Business: Discussion <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: James Ericson, Interim City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution 724-03, a Resolution <br />Recommending Approval of Two Ordinances Related to <br />Pawnshops, Zoning and Licensing in Mounds View; <br />Special Planning Case No. SP-114-03 <br /> <br />History: <br /> <br />The City is in the process of amending its Zoning and Business Codes to allow for the <br />regulation of Pawnshops in Mounds View. The City Council adopted an Interim ordinance on <br />February 27, 2003, which directs the Planning Commission to review the zoning implications <br />and to recommend applicable provisions. The Planning Commission has discussed this <br />issue at their March 5th, March 19th and April 2nd meetings. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The Planning Commission reviewed in detail the last version of both the zoning ordinance <br />and the licensing ordinance, respectively entitled Ordinances 711 and 712. The license <br />fees, because they are established by Council resolution, are not reflected in either <br />ordinance. They were discussed at your last meeting, and the fees being recommended <br />to the Council are as follows: <br /> <br />o $5,000 annual fee <br />o $750 investigation fee <br />o $1.50 per transaction fee <br />o $10,000 performance bond in force for the life of the operation <br /> <br />The only changes to proposed Ordinance 712 (Licensing) from the version last reviewed are <br />as follows: <br /> <br />1. Gambling. Language has been added to Subd. 1 of Section 516.14, Prohibited Acts, that <br />prohibits gambling. The language is similar to that present in Burnsville ordinance. <br /> <br />2. Signage. Language was added to Section 516.11, General License Requirements, to <br />require signage conspicuously posted within the business that articulates to the public <br />who can pawn and under what conditions. The language is similar to that found in the <br />Plymouth ordinance <br /> <br />3. Disposition of Articles. In the version last reviewed, Section 516.14 required that the <br />licensee, upon request by the pledger, disclose to the pledger the name of the purchaser <br />or the price for which the pledged item was sold. Mr. Przetycki objected to this <br />requirement on the basis that it is too restrictive, that people buying a CD or movie may