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Item No: 7A Meeting Date: January 10, 2011 Type of Business: Public Hearing Administrator Review: ________ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, First Reading & Introduction of Ordinance 856, Amending Chapter 1113 by Adding More Permitted and Conditional Uses to the B-2, Limited Business Zoning District Introduction: City staff received a sign permit application for a new Chinese restaurant that wants to move into Silver View Plaza. Because of this request, staff decided to discuss increasing the allowed uses in a B-2 zoning district with the Planning Commission and City Council. Background: On December 6, 2010, City staff discussed with the City Council the idea of adding permitted and conditional uses to the B-2 zoning district, including restaurants. The City Council was supportive of the idea and directed staff to proceed with preparing a code amendment to make the changes to the B-2 zoning district. The Planning Commission passed Resolution 936-11, approving the proposed amendments to the B-2 zoning code on January 5, 2011. Discussion: The B-2 zoning designation allows commercial and service oriented businesses such as laundromats, locksmiths, delicatessens, financial offices, florists, sporting goods and hardware, to name a few. The property owner, Kraus Anderson, continues to struggle to get tenants in Silver View Plaza and the City wants to help where it can. City Staff asked the Planning Commission if they would be open to adding more permitted or conditional uses to the B-2 zoning code, particularly relating to restaurants. The Planning Commission agreed that it did not make sense to limit the types of restaurants based on what type of cooking is done. The Commission suggested amending the zoning code to allow a “small restaurant, café and tea room” as a permitted use in a B-2 district. The Code would define a small restaurant as being limited to 24 seats and no more than 2,000 square feet in size. The Commission also suggested allowing restaurants with more than 24 seats and more than 2,000 square feet in floor area in a B-2 zoning district as a conditional use. As noted above, the Council was in agreement with the code changes as proposed by the Planning Commission, and directed staff to prepare an ordinance with the amendments as discussed.