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June 11, 2024 <br />Page 4 <br />Central Parks), or are already in excluded areas due to daycare locations (Silver Point <br />and Trillium Parks). <br />j.Salo Park – if included – could have a separation distance would exclude most of the <br />Silver Lake Village shopping center area (including Cub Foods and the City’s municipal <br />liquor store). However, Salo is identified in the City’s system planning as a stormwater <br />facility, not technically a park. Moreover, few of the activities are designed to <br />specifically attract minors. As such, no separation distance would apply. <br />k.Regardless of the allowance to require separation, the law requires that the City may <br />not enact a separation distance that has the practical effect of prohibiting the location <br />of a cannabis business in the City. It appears from this preliminary analysis that <br />1.Enactment of a separation distance for schools would not impact any <br />Commercial or Industrial property; <br />2.Enactment of a 500 foot separation for daycare locations would impact some <br />Commercial and Industrial properties in the south portion of the City, but <br />retain eligibility for such use in some other portions of those districts. <br />3.Enactment of a 500 foot separation for parks where minors commonly use <br />the facility would not impact the City’s primary park system properties. <br />In summary, the primary zoning separation requirements would apply to the daycare facilities <br />in the south portion of the community as follows: <br />3055 Old Hwy 8 (Ikram Child Care): Any exclusion distance for the daycare facilities at <br />3055 Old Hwy 8 would result in a prohibition of retail sales for other potential <br />commercial/industrial uses on that site. Depending on the separation distance chosen, <br />the industrial property south of Highway 88 could be impacted – the closest distance to <br />those areas appears to be approximately 270 feet. <br />2812 Anthony Lane South (Jack and Jill Preschool and Childcare): This daycare parcel is <br />located in an industrial park area. Exclusion of cannabis businesses of any distance will <br />impact some potential retail locations, primarily as a part of a “micro-“ or “mezzo-“ <br />business which does some form of industrial processing and proposes to also sell retail <br />products as an aspect of the business. The number of parcels impacted will depend on <br />the separation distance chosen. <br />2955 Pentagon Drive (Step by Step Montessori): This facility is located in the St. <br />Anthony Shopping Center, zoned Commercial. Much of the shopping center area would <br />be prohibited from retail sales, again depending on the size of the separation distance <br />adopted. <br />As noted, the statute permits (but does not require) the City to create exclusion distances from <br />schools, parks, and childcare facilities to any cannabis facility that includes retail sales. For St. <br />Anthony, the proximity of schools and parks to any potential Commercial or Industrial site is not <br />applicable, given the geography and land use pattern. The primary issue would be the location <br />of childcare facilities in the south portion of the city. There are three such facilities that would, <br />if a separation distance is adopted, create an exclusion area for surrounding property. <br />28