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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes July 18, 2000 Page 3 1 Stille noted that it is painful to deny the request, but stated that he would like to clarify that the 2 City has a specific policy and although the Church would be an excellent addition to the 3 community, allowing a noncommercial use would change the City's policy and have an affect on 4 similar future issues. 5 Tillmann echoed Stille's comments and stated that to change the City's policy would not be 6 acceptable. 7 Thomas noted that if the Commission allowed this use,they would be,opening up the policy 8 citywide. In other words,the issue could present future problems if the policy was changed. 9 However, he would-encourage the Church to continue working with Staff, and he would direct 10 Staff to work in conjunction with the Church to find alternative parcels for their relocation to St. 11 Anthony. Thomas noted that, unfortunately, the property located at 2654 Kenzie Terrace would 12 not be the correct site for the Church and felt that the Commission did not have many options. 13 Hatch commented that the Comprehensive Plan wished for the property in that area to be 14 commercial. Plus,the fact that City'would need the tax base that would come from a 15 commercial building in order to keep the community as it is. 16 Motion by Bergstrom, second by Stille,that the Petition for Amendment to the Zoning 46 Ordinance is denied due to the following findings of fact: 18 1. Current permitted uses for that area are commercial and do not include Churches; 19 2. The City has put forth a significant amount of energy into re-energizing the St. Anthony 20 Shopping Center and would like to continue along the same path; 21 3. The City does not allow non-commercial uses in the St. Anthony Shopping Center; 22 4. The Church would not directly support other commercial entities in the District; 23 5. The conversion of taxable property to nontaxable property would remove a high tax- 24 generating income for the City; 25 6. The changed-zoning would have an affect on all commercial properties in the City, which 26 would be undesirable for all commercial uses. 27 Motion carried unanimously. 28 Bergstrom noted that Pastor Arrigoni had a fine organization within the Church and encouraged 29 him to work with Staff in finding an alternative location. 30 He reminded Mr. Arrigoni that this issue would be before the City Council on Tuesday, July 25, • 2000, and he encouraged him to be present. 32 2. Public Hearing. Application for Conditional Use Permit(Hadi and Roger Abou-Mourad)