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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - FEBRUARY 3, 1999 DRAFT 8 Mr. Ringwald noted that, pursuant to Section VIII, D, I, b of the Zoning Ordinance a "...four - fifths (4/5's) majority of the full Council is required for action to amend the Zoning Ordinance. .. In the event an application for amendment is approved, an appropriate amending Ordinance shall be executed and published." Chair Erickson closed the public hearing at 8:25 p.m., as no one wished to address the Planning Commission. Commissioner Sand complimented Staff on their accumulation of the necessary background information the Commission needed in order to make a decision. Chair Erickson referred to the B-1 Zoning District of Bethel College. He stated that, based on the legal precedence of limiting the area and specifying Zoning Districts, it would make sense to eliminate the B-1 Zoning District from the Ordinance providing the B-4 zoning District meets the standards of the test of the amount ofland available. Mr. Ringwald noted that, with regard to future rezonings, the City must always consider what any worst case scenario could be, regardless of the zoning district involved. It will be the responsibility of Staff, the Planning Commission, and the City Council to carefully evaluate any future rezonings. Commissioner Nelson referred to issue # I, Clustering, and asked if limiting the number of licenses to three would be better than requiring a certain distance between the businesses. Mr. e Ringwald explained that limiting the number oflicenses makes the issue easier to deal with due to the limited amount of available business district areas that the City has, based on the large extent of residential areas within the City. If there were a minimum setback between the uses, the available area would be eliminated so quickly that it was Staff's opinion that it would be problematic to establish a minimum setback. Commissioner Nelson referred to issue #3, B-1 Zoning at Bethel College, and stated that he would prefer the uses be limited to the B-4 Zoning District, since this area is larger than the area allowed in Crystal. He asked if there were other cities which allowed less than six percent of land for these uses. Mr. Ringwald stated that Staff is only aware of the Crystal situation because it had been challenged and upheld in court. He indicated that Crystal's Ordinance dealt with the large extent of single family homes within the cornmunity and small business district, which is similar to Arden Hills. Commissioner Nelson asked if Staff would recornmend limiting the uses strictly to the B-4 Zoning District. Mr. Ringwald stated that Staff would. Commissioner Nelson referred to the review of fmancial records and asked if it would be helpful to include this requirement in the Ordinance. Mr. Ringwald stated that Staff felt it would not. Most businesses would not be willing to give up their financial records to a governmental entity and have this information become public information to their competitors. Mr. Miller pointed _ out, another reason for not including this requirement was that the definition for adult uses is .. quite broad. If a store were to sell a few off-color greeting cards, it could fall under the definition of adult use and therefore would have to turn over its financial records to the City.