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Agenda Number F!✓ CITY OF HUGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Memorandum TO: Hugo Economic Development Authority FROM: Rachel Simone, Associate Planner SUBJECT: Interim Use Permits, Special Event Permits, Transient Merchants, and Peddlers. DATE: July 17, 2009, for the EDA meeting of July 20, 2009 1. BACKGROUND: The City of Hugo has formed an Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) to update several areas of the Municipal Code. There are members of the Planning Commission and City Council on the ORC. Staff is looking for recommendation from the EDA on the following areas: Interim Use Permits The City of Hugo allows residents to apply for an interim use permit for Home Occupations, but nothing else. If a property owner wanted to temporarily use the site in a way that is not allowed by ordinance the City does not have a formal way to approve it. The only way to do it is by Conditional Use Permit (CUP). The problem with a CUP is that it runs with the land and does not have an ending date unless terminated by the City through litigation. The City has had several requests for temporary use of property. The most recent being the flea market request on the old lumber yard property. A flea market is not allowed on the property and there is no way to ask for approval. The flea market may have been acceptable for the site with conditions on how it is operated and on temporary basis. Staff has thought that with an Interim Use Permit the applicant could request approval of the use on a temporary basis and the City could set restrictions to the use with an ending date. Special Event Permits There are events that happen on properties in the City that currently do not need approval from the City. The events in some cases create an abundance of traffic, have potential parking issues, and extend late in the day. In these cases staff has thought that the events should require approval whether it be administratively or by City Council. Increasingly, there are more businesses in the