7J Zoning Code Amendment for B2 Interim Use

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Institutional Housin in the B-2: General Business District The appiicant is requesting "Institutiona} Housing' be added as an interim use in the B-2: General Business District Zone. A fu11 list of permitted, conditiona�, and accessory uses in the B-2 Zone is in Attach�nent C(Page 9). The B-2 Zone generally encompasses those properties alon� County Road E between Lexingeon Avenue and Highway S1iSnellin� Avenue. Section 1320.�4 Subd i states that the purpose of the B-2_ General Business Distric# is: A. To group compatible retail and service business uses which will tend to draw trade that is �naturally inEerehangeable and so promotes business prosperity. B. To provide an adequate suppIy of businesses and professional service areas to meet the needs of the residents. C. To promote a high quality of total co�nanercial development and design that produces a positive visual image. D. To minimize the effects of traff c congestion, noise, odor, �lare and similar safety problems C�trrently, the Zaning Ordinance permits institutiona] }aousing as a conditional use in all residentzal disiricts in the City and the CC: Civic Center Districk. Institutional Housing is defined in Sectian 1305.04 Subd. 80 of the Zoning Orc�inance as: h�stitutional housing. Student or. faculty hausing for four (4) or more persons on rental basis, Yest ho�ne, hospital, sanalpYiun2, nursing horne, convalescent hame, orphan home. The applicant has subrr�itted a letter explai�ing the reasons for the proposed Zoning Ordinance addition_ T�e City does not have a specific set of revievv criteria for evaluating a Zaning Ordinance addition; however, the primary issues to consider is�clude (but are not limited to}_ 1. 3s thc proposed use connpatible with the ot3�er uses in the B-2 Zone? 2. How will the proposed use affect the B-2 Zone? �"Ie;� reviewing a Zoning Ordinance amendment or addition, it is important to consider how the change would affect the e�tire zone instead of one specific property. If approved as proposed, institutional housing cauld, in theory, be an interim use on a�ty progerty in the S-2 Zone. However, the proposec3 ordinance rec�uires that in order for an interim use permit to he approved, each roo�n that is used for institu�ional housing wo►�ld have to have its own bathroom. This regulation would severe�y iir�it the existing buildings that could be reasonably suitable for short- ten� use as instih�tional ho�sing. Ciry ofl4rclerr Hills City Cauncil Meetirtg fa' March 31, 2008 I VMe1ro-u�et.uslarde�T/rills'�PlmaninglPlpns¢i:tg Cases110(18:(18-00� Zonii�g Code rtddilion -/nte�um Use Permil (PC �lpprored)1033108 - CC Report - !UP Zoning Amendmenl.da� Page 3 of S