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To: From: Date: James Grabek, Mayor Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrator Orono Council Members Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administrator February 4, 1987 Subject: Zoning Amendment - Off -sale Liquor Store use added as permitted use (B-1 and B-3 Districts) and public service structures approved with public impro•ements projects would not require conditional use permits. A. Off -Sale Liquor Store Use, Section 10.40, Subdivision A The proposed amendment would allow an off -sale liquor store use in the two most compatible commercial districts - B-1, Retail Sales and Services Business District and B-3, Shopping Center Business District. The commercial lakeshore, commercial office and neighborhood commercial e •tricts have been deemed unsuitable for such use. An amendment for the licensing of private off -sale liquor stores is currently being considered by the Council. The proposed licensing standards were also reviewed by the Planning Commission. In addition, staff has contacted the cities of Golden Valley, Plymouth, St. Louis Park, Minnetonka and Crystal to determine how their zoning codes address off -sale liquor store use. All confirmed that the licensing code sections covered any special considerations or standards for the use and that off -sale liquor store use is a permitted use in specific commercial zoning districts. Planning Commission felt the licensing standards were adequate and in the minutes of January 20, 1987, recommended that off -sale liquor use be added as a permitted use in the B-1 and B-3 zoning districts. Section 4 of the enclosed ordinance has been drafted per the recommendation of the Planning Commission. B. Public Service Structures, Section 10.20, Subdivision 3 (D) The Planning Commission considered an amendment of the section that would require a conditional use permit review for all public service structures. The proposed amendment would exempt public service structures reviewed and approved before the public at the required public hearing for all public improvement projects. Amendments of these plans involving changes in design and/or placement of these structures would require written notice to all affected property owners prior to the formal adoption of the amended plans by the City Council. The Planning Commission felt that the written notice procedure appears less burdensome on the planning/implementation process in consideration of the time required for a conditional use permit. The Planning Commission specifically asked that any change in design and/or placement be reviewed again by the affected public. Section 3 of the enclosed ordinance haq been drafted accordingly. PROPOSED MOTION: Moved by , seconded by , to approve Ordirmncn No. amending Zoning Code Sect -on 10.20, SubdivMon 3 (D) that would exempt public service structures approved with public improvement projects from the requirement of a conditional use permit and Section 10.40, Subdivision A by allowing off -sale liquor stores as permitted uses.