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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 25, 2007 Page 2 1 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 2 3 A. Ordinance 07 -004; Text Amendment to Light Industrial Section 1640.02. 4 Planning Commissioner Jensen reported that if the proposed text amendment were approved, it would allow daycare centers to be permitted conditional use in the Industrial Zoning District and would require an approved CUP. 9 Councilmember Horst questioned whether this came before the Planning Commission as a 10 variance request first. 11 12 Commissioner Jensen replied it came forward as a text amendment with different alternatives. 13 He stated the City Attorney provided a revised draft version for consideration. 14 15 Councilmember Horst questioned what other uses might be similar. 16 17 Commissioner Jensen replied certain categories of retail, office as a permitted use. He stated 18 most of the buildings in this area are office related uses. 19 20 Councilmember Horst inquired as to whether the question was asked about usage that would 21 emit a smell that might affect the children. 22 23 Commissioner Jensen Planning Commission felt that was not a specific issue as it related to the 24 text amendment because the conditional use permit criteria, should it be approved, would be the 25 time to evaluate whether it was an appropriate blend of the use. He stated most of the criteria 26 dealt with other environmental controls and moved away from that type of building. 27 28 Mr. Robert Foster, 3308 Beldon Drive, stated he brought the text amendment forward. He 29 reported Mrs. Carol Arens, owner of the daycare, and Mr. Rod Lee would be part owners of the 30 building. He stated they looked at the character of the building would changed to predominantly 31 an office building site. He reported that approximately 20,000 square feet of the building would 32 not have an industrial character. He stated it is their desire over the next five years, to see if the 33 rest of the building could be converted to an office area also. He commented that Mrs. Arens 34 opened a second school in Blaine last week that is the prototype of the proposed building in St. 35 Anthony. 36 37 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Ordinance 38 07 -004, an Ordinance Amending Chapter 16 of the City Code being Zoning and Land Use. 39 40 Mayor Faust stated this is the first reading of this issue and two additional readings would occur. 41 42 Councilmember Horst commented the primary problem created by the tenants was its proximity 43 to a daycare. He commented that he wonders if Council would be looking at problems down the 44 road as light industrial is technically retail. He stated there is a reason a daycare is currently not 45 located in light industrial. 46