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Neighborhood Committee Tobacco Shop Zoning Study Page 3 of 3 (b) In the BC cMMuni business converted and TN2 traditional neighborhood districts a conditional use permit is r uired for tobacco products sho s with a floor area wcater than 2,500 square feet. [These uses are called out as potential exceptions to the general indoor smoking ban in Minnesota and are therefore likely to draw customers fiom a larger area than other types of neighborhood -oriented businesses. Establishing a distance between businesses that have the option to permit sampling will help to ensure the continuance of a variety of businesses in commercial areas without unduly limiting the number of these businesses. Currently there are 12 businesses that Licensing staff in the Department of safety and inspections have identified as meeting the proposed definition. Only two of these businesses would become nonconforming with the half mile distance requirement. As legal nonconforming uses, these businesses could remain at their current locations indefinitely. Requiring a conditional use permit for larger tobacco products shops is consistent with the intent of the BC district to "permit the operation of businesses which do not generate large amounts of traffic... "and the TN2 district to "foster compact, pedestrian -oriented commercial... development" and encourage a variety of uses, No existing business would be affected by this requirement, Table 66.321. Principal Uses in Traditional Neighborhood Districts Use TN1 TN2 TN3 Development Standards Tobacco product. shop P/C P Table 66.421. Principal Uses in Business Districts Use OS B 1 BC B2 B3 B4 BS Development standards Tobacco g P/C P P P P �11 roducts shop -Table 66.521. Principal Uses in Industrial Districts Use IR I1 I2 I3 Development Standards Tobacco products shop P P P � [These uses are called out as potential exceptions to the general indoor smoking ban in Minnesota and are therefore likely to draw customers from a larger area. Permitting them in commercial and industrial districts that VP are intended to draw from a larger area than the immediate neighborhood limits potential traffic impacts on the B 1 district, which is intended to serve "the convenience shopping or service needs of persons residing in nearby residential areas.")