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3 <br />StaffwasdirectedattheAugust20,2012CityCouncilworksession,toresearch <br />amendingthezoningcodetoallowmicrobreweriesandmicrodistilleriesasconditional <br />usestothemaximumextentallowableunderstatelaw.Theserecommendationswere <br />broughttotheSeptember5,2012planningcommissionworksessionwhereitwas <br />recommendedtostaffthatbrewpubsalsobeincludedasanew,andseparate,landuse <br />frommicrobreweriesandmicrodistilleries.Brewpubsaremicrobreweriesthathavea <br />restaurantcomponentwithon-salesalesofproductsbrewedonsite.Brewpubsalso <br />provide food and can also serve alcoholic products other than those brewed on site. <br />CityPlannerMeaganBeekmancontinuedthePlanningCommissionalsodiscussed <br />allowedprepackagedfoodtobeservedonsitewithinataproom,asopposedtofoodthat <br />ispreparedonsite.Thedistinctionisimportantbecauseestablishmentsthathavefood <br />preparedonsitewouldbeconsideredbrewpubsratherthantaproomsandhavedifferent <br />legal requirements within State Statute. <br />Staffhasprepareddraftamendmentstothezoningcodethatreflectthese <br />recommendations. <br />CityPlannerMeaganBeekmanreviewedcurrentlyArdenHillsZoningCodeallows <br />breweriesanddistilleries,aswellasdistributorsofalcohol,inzoningdistrictsthatallow <br />manufacturing and processing. <br />Thedraftzoningcodeamendmentscreatenewlandusesformicrobreweries,micro <br />distilleriesandbrewpubs.Microbreweryandmicrodistillerylanduseswouldallowthe <br />manufactureanddistributionofintoxicatingalcohol,ascurrentlyallowedbyState <br />Statute,intheassignedzoningdistricts.Microbrewerieswouldalsobepermittedtohave <br />aretailcomponent.Alanduseforbrewpubswouldalsobecreatedtodifferentiate <br />microbreweriesthatdonothaveafoodcomponentandbrewpubsthatdohaveafood <br />service component. <br />Applicationsformicrobreweries,microdistilleriesandbrewpubswouldbeapproved <br />throughtheconditionalusepermitprocess.Theapplicationhassubmittedinformation <br />addressing their request for a Zoning Code Amendment and CUP. <br />RatherthanmakeadjustmentstotheexistinglanduseswithintheCode,Staffis <br />recommendingcreatingthreenewlandusesthatwouldthenbeaddedtoappropriate <br />districtsthroughouttheCity.Thenewlanduseswouldbemicro-breweries,micro <br />distilleries,andbrewpubs.Staffisrecommendingthatmicrobreweriesandmicro <br />distilleriesbeallowedasConditionalUsesintheB-2,B-3,B-4,GB,I-FLEXandMB <br />zoningdistricts.StaffisalsorecommendingthatbrewpubsbeallowedasConditional <br />Uses in the B-2, B-3, B-4 and MB zoning districts. <br />CityPlannerMeaganBeekmanreviewedthefollowingCUPcriteriawouldapplyto <br />micro breweries, micro distilleries in the B-4 District: <br />Section1355.04Subd.3oftheArdenHillsZoningCodeliststhecriteriaforevaluatinga <br />ConditionalUsePermitAmendment.ThePlanningCommissionandCityCouncil <br />shouldconsidertheeffectoftheproposeduseuponthehealth,safetyconvenience,and <br />generalwelfareoftheownersandoccupantsofthesurroundingland,inparticular,and <br />the community as a whole, in general, including but not limited to the following factors: <br />1.Existing and anticipated traffic and parking conditions; <br />