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<br />The retail sales and services definition at the time of approval read as follows:
<br />- Retail sales and services: Stores and shops selling, renting or leasing goods for uses away
<br />from the point of sale or offers services available on the premises. Includes the following:
<br />antiques, art and school supplies, auto accessories, bakeries, bicycles (not motorized),
<br />books, stationery, candy, camera and photographic supplies, carpets and rugs, china and
<br />glassware, clothing and costume rental, custom dressmaking, department stores, drugs, dry
<br />goods, electrical and household appliances, sales and repair, florist, food, furniture, furrier
<br />shops, garden supplies (year-round operation only), gifts, hardware, hats, hobby shops,
<br />interior decorating, jewelry, leather goods and luggage, locksmith shops, musical
<br />instruments, office supply equipment, optometrists, paint and wallpaper, phonograph
<br />records, shoes, sporting goods, tobacco, toys, variety stores, wearing apparel, and similar
<br />type uses. Motor vehicle sales, motor vehicle leasing and rentals, exterior equipment rental
<br />and sales lots, repair garages, pawn shops, and open sales lots are not included in this
<br />definition of retail sales.
<br />At the October 19, 2015 City Council Work Session, staff presented possible revisions to the
<br />Zoning Code to address retail and resale businesses. Revisions were drafted after staff completed
<br />research on the operational characteristics of thrift stores, such as receiving materials and
<br />processing items for resale. Councilmembers discussed drafted changes and directed staff to
<br />proceed with creating a separate land use category for resale businesses and to provide information
<br />on in which zoning districts resale business uses could permitted and if this use would be permitted
<br />by right or by conditional use permit.
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<br />At the December 21, 2015 City Council Work Session, staff shared two separate definitions to
<br />clarify the difference between “Retail Sales and Services” and “Thrift Store” establishments. Staff
<br />also shared drafted Conditional Use Permit criteria for Thrift Stores. Councilmembers were asked
<br />to direct staff on which zoning districts should thrift stores be permitted, conditional or not
<br />permitted. Following discussion, the City Council agreed that B-4 was the recommended Zoning
<br />District that would permit Thrift Stores as a conditional use.
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<br />On February 3, 2016, the Planning Commission held the required public hearing for the zoning
<br />amendments and voted to recommend approval of the proposed amendment with the addition of
<br />the B-2, B-3, and I-Flex Zoning Districts that would permit Thrift Stores as a conditional use.
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<br />The drafted amendments were reviewed at the February 29, 2016 Regular City Council Meeting
<br />and approved with amendments to remove thrift stores as a use permitted as a conditional use in
<br />the B-2 and B-3 Zoning. At the meeting, staff discussed that existing thrift stores would be
<br />grandfathered in the B-2 Zoning District.
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<br />Current Language
<br />The Arden Hills Zoning Code defines Retail Sales and Service and Thrift Store separately.
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<br />- Retail sales and service. An establishment engaged principally in the sale or rental of
<br />primarily new goods and the provision of services directly to the consumer, excluding those
<br />uses defined more specifically in this Code. Motor vehicle sales, motor vehicle leasing and
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