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2 4 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 �ity Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 12, 2012 Page 2 None. IV. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF (JACQUELINE CORKLE, INTERIM CITY PLANNER, PRESENTING). A. Resolution 12-052; Accepting the Results of the Study regardinw, Regulation of Assemblies. Meeting Lodges, and Convention Halls. Interim City Planner Corkle presented the results of the study recently commissioned by the City Council with respect to regulation of assemblies, meeting lodges, and convention halls and the proposed recommendation to accept the findings of the study and adopt Option Three. She provided background information regarding the study and reviewed the six -fold study purpose. She then reviewed key findings of the study, noting that places of worship do not fit the type of use allowed in non-residential districts. She stated the City must be cognizant of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) which means a religious assembly or institution must be treated as well as comparable secular institutions. She discussed the three options available to the City stating the study recommends adopting Option Three which allows all assembly use in Commercial (C) districts but eliminates assembly use from the Light Industrial (LI) district, clarifies the definition of assembly, allows all assemblies to be treated equally, and preserves the LI district for industry oriented development. Councilmember Stille stated he was hopeful that people understood why the City Council needed to take the time to fully examine this issue. He stated the report was very thorough and thoughtful and he appreciated Interim City Planner Corkle's tutelage. He asked what would happen if the City Code did not contain any regulation of assembly. Interim City Planner Corkle advised the City Code currently contains regulation of assembly and the City Council has to decide how it wants to define assembly in the future, consistent with RLUIPA and other Federal rules. Councilmember Roth asked if a vacated retail establishment in a PUD could be turned into a religious space of any type. Interim City Planner Corkle explained that generally, a PUD incorporates the types of use in the PUD if it is an allowed use in that zoning district unless there was some discussion to exclude certain types of uses within a particular PUD, e.g., religious uses are CUPS and the City may exclude certain types of uses within an PUD -if the City Council feels the use is inappropriate. Mayor Faust clarified that one of the goals of the study is to "respect the current applicant's interests in receiving a reasonable and timely decision regarding the pending application," as noted on page 3 of the formal study document. Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 12-052; Accepting Findings from a Study for the Purpose of Considering Amendments to the City Zoning Code Regarding the Regulation of Assemblies, Meeting Lodges, and Convention Halls and Directing Staff to Pursue Option Three Outlined in Said Study.