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" CITY OF ARDEN HILLS . MEMORANDUM DATE: .January 5, 1998 TO: Mavor and City Council FROM: K':I' RI,,,'Id, C'mm"l<y O",l'pm'" 01,,,'", ~ SUBJECT: Community Development Department Activities December of 1997 The following summarizes the activities of the Community Development Department for December of 1997~ Plannin!!: and Zoning L Discussion of the regulation of Adult Uses, Pawn and Gun Shops. The Staff and the City Attorney have been working on the draft ordinances for these uses. The drafts for pawn and gun shops will be available for discussion with the Planning Commission at their January 7, 1997 meeting, Given, the recent court decision (Exhibit A) we are re- tooling the draft adult use ordinance (most adult use ordinances are very similar) to better position ourselves in light of this ruling~ It is hoped that the adult use ordinance will be . available at that same Planning Commission meeting. 2. Comprchcnsive Plan update. The Staff has been providing information to the consultant and recently spent a morning driving them around the City orientating them to the community. The consultant is planning to be at the Town Hall meeting to interact with the residents and identify areas of concern with the current comprehensive plan, Also, the Staff and the consultant will be meeting with our neighboring communities in early January to discuss areas of mutual interest that can be incorporated into the plan (ie" trail connections, land uses at the comer of County Road D and Cleveland Avenue, etc,,), Lastly, the consultant and StatTwill be having a worksession with the Planning Commission (tentatively January 21st) to firm up the process for the update. Protective Inspections L Building Permits (December). The first commercial/industrial permit in December (# 5910) involved the finishing the first floor ($180,000) of Building E (Research and Development) at Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc" at 4100 Hamline Avenue, The second commercial/industrial permit in December (# 5911) involved the remodeling of the visitor center ($250,000) of Building A at CaTdiac Pacemakers, Inc" at 4100 Hamline Avenue, The third and final commercial/industrial permit in December (# 5913) involved the interior Temodeling of a suite ($41,000) of the 3900 Northwoods Office building, In December, the City issued seven residential remodeling-permits which ranged in value . from $650,00 to $76,000.00 and had a total value of $175,351.00 and had an average value of$25,050,14,