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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - April 14, 2008 22 Planner I Beekman stated that this would be up to the City Council, in the future to decide to change the ordinance, but the way this ordinance was written the Interim Use Permit would be nomenewable. The Interim Use Permit would be limited to three years and the institutional use would be strictly for student housing in a hotel/motel. Councilmember McClung asked if the Council could later amend the non-renewal portion of the ordinance. Planner I Beekman stated that the City could not stop someone from requesting a zoning code change; however, there is no obligation for the City Council to approve a zoning change. Councilmember McClung asked if the impact of this change would adversely affect the underlying nature of the zone because anything beyond retail in the zone would appear to have an adverse effect. Planner I Beekman stated that the use as student housing could be viewed as being compatible with retail in that it is a shared market and the retail businesses could benefit from the proximity of the student housing. Councilmember McClung verified that the approval tonight would amend the code that currently does not allow for this type of use and that three years from now the City could change the code again to remove this type of use. He stated that that his concern is that anything the City sees as acceptable at this time should also be acceptable three years from now. Councilmember Holden asked what type of impact this would have on the study of the B-2 Zone. City Planner James Lehnhoff stated that this type of change would not have any impact on the study itself since this is being looked as a temporary use. Recommendations from the B-2 study could still be implemented and the plan could be fully implemented once this interim use was completed. Councilmember Holden verified that if the B-2 study stated that institutional housing should not be permitted the City could change the code to not allow this type of housing and the current interim housing permit would expire on its expiration date. City Planner James Lehnhoff stated that is correct. MOTION: Councilmember Holden moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to extend the meeting for an additional thirty minutes. The motion carried (4- I Councilmember McClung). Councilmember Holmes asked if adding the interim use only m the B-2 District IS too restrictive for a code.