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more appropriate) would allow the City to distinguish between religious uses and <br />other group meetings and clubs. Religious activities would be limited to the <br />residential districts, and group meetings and clubs would be directed towards business <br />and industrial uses. <br />Clarifying the definitions still allows each of the activities identified in the Zoning <br />Code to continue to be conditional uses. The city is not excluding a particular use <br />from the community as a whole. <br />■ Clarifying the definitions supports the City's intended purposes for the zoning <br />districts that correspond to each use: the promotion of economic development in <br />commercial and industrial districts, and the promotion of personal, family, and social <br />interests within residential districts. <br />Cautions Associated with Clarifying the Definitions <br />The Zoning Code must be amended in several places, and the City Council must <br />make a decision as to whether to define the terms within the definitions section listed <br />under section 152.008 of the Zoning Code or at the specific section where the tern <br />appears within the Zoning Code. <br />The City Council must carefully evaluate and select the definitions it wants to <br />incorporate. Some combination of the definitions and guidance provided above is <br />likely. <br />CONCLUSION: Option #1 <br />Option #I would help establish more consistency and certainty under the City Zoning <br />Code. It would also serve to clarify the City's intended purposes within each of its zoning <br />districts and generally provide for a stronger City plan. Clarifying terms or choosing new terms <br />is a good option and perhaps necessary, but this option alone is insufficient to accomplish the <br />overall goals of the City as discussed in Section 2.0. <br />-19- <br />STUDY OF ASSEMBLIES, MEETING LODGES, AND CONVENTION HALLS <br />CITY OF SAINT ANTHONY VILLAGE <br />