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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes July 15, 1997 • Page 10 1 Staff has provided three possible amendments to the City's Zoning Ordinance, Commercial 2 Zoning District regarding uses allowable in Medical/Professional buildings: 3 Section 1635.01 Purpose. Add: It shall be the policy of the City Council to consider other 4 uses not listed in this section. Such other uses may be granted if, in the opinion of the City 5 Council, such use is not incompatible with other uses in this district. 6 Section 1635.02 Permitted Use., (eee) add: and.medical laboratories that provide testing and 7 research services to health care professionals. 8 Section 1635.03 Permitted Conditional Uses., (u) Laboratories-for medial research and testing 9 (except research and testing which use animals), that provide services to health care 10 providers., and (v) Computer research and program development. 11 City Attorney has suggested that the City consider the amendment to Section 1635.03, that 12 medical laboratories be included as a permitted condition use rather than a permitted use. 13 This would give the Planning Commission and City Council greater control over such uses as 14 to any future medical laboratories in the commercial district, and would enable them to 15 impose conditions if necessary. City Attorney is also in favor of the comprehensive sign 16 package submitted by Doug Berg, attorney for Wirth Companies. 47 On behalf of the Planning Commission, Chair Bergstrom recommended City Council approval 18 to change the City Zoning Ordinance Section 1635.03 to that language indicated in Kim 19 Moore-Sykes memo of June 17, 1997. 20 Chair Bergstrom then asked the Commission how they would like to address signage for a 21 medical/professional building with multi-floors. He suggested a new category be created to 22 define multi-story buildings to allow them to be eligible for a comprehensive sign package. 23 There was Commission consensus to direct Staff to create a new category to define 24 commercial/retail/office buildings to allow them to be eligible for a comprehensive sign 25 package. 26 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated she would draft such a change and submit it to City Attorney for 27 recommendation. 28 The Manager of the Apache Medical Building noted the types of businesses in the building 29 included medical, retail, laboratory facilities, professional, insurance, and financial. He also 30 stated that Wirth Companies also owns the St. Anthony Business Center. 31 Ms. Kim Flynn, Quiet Waters Salon, displayed the design of her proposed sign and noted it 32 was slightly different than the sign she had presented at the May 20 Commission meeting.