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City Council Summary Memo — Work Session #4— Zoning Ordinance Update— October 8, 2025 USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS As Councilmembers are aware the code update process will identify uses as either permitted, permitted with standards, or conditional. In order to implement this approach, uses which are permitted with standards need to have the standards identified. In creating the Use Specific Standards section a few clarifying questions have arisen about the following uses: 1) Retail sales and service a. Definition: An establishment engaged principally in the sale or rental of primarily new goods and the provision of services directly to the consumer, excluding those uses defined more specifically in this Code. Motor vehicle sales, motor vehicle leasing and rentals, exterior equipment rental and sales lots, repair garages, pawn shops, thrift stores, and open sales lots are not included in this definition of retail sales and service. b. Proposed use table: MU CB BP Principal Use (B-2) NB (B-3) (B-4) GB Retail sales and P P P P service, small Retail sales and P P service, large c. Confirmation is being sought about where the break should be between small and large. The break between small and large has varied among communities based on the character of their retail establishments. HKGi has most recently seen 25,000 square feet or 50,000 square feet. For context, Arden Hills staff has indicated that the currently vacant building on Lexington Avenue that was recently built is 48,000 square feet in size. The individual units at Arden Plaza are 7,000 square feet in size. 2) Mortuary/funeral home a. Definition: An establishment engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the dead for burial and arranging and managing funerals, but not including a crematorium. b. Proposed use table: CB BP Principal Use NB (B-3) (B-4) GB Mortuary / funeral PS PS home F