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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 25,2013 Page 7 A bench handout related to this and the following item and consisting of an e-mail from Councilmember Willmus dated March 21, 2013 to City Manager Malinen and Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon, and thereafter forward- ed to the City Council and made available for the public. City Planner Thomas Paschke reviewed the background of this item and rationale for the proposed text amendment, as detailed in the Request for Council Action (RCA) dated March 25, 2013. Mr. Paschke noted that the updated RCA included additional information based on staffs research and available options, as request- ed by the City Council at a previous meeting. Mr. Paschke noted that options were limited; but that the definition of"Limited Processing and Production" was already a permitted use in two (2) other zoning districts, with the recommendation by staff to expand that permitted use to the Regional Business Zoning District (RB). Mayor Roe referenced the RCA (page 2, lines 32-34) and proposed standards that didn't appear to be included in the proposed text amendment. Mr. Paschke advised that those were intended for development by staff to present to the City Council in the near future if it had majority support; and then present- ed for further discussion. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Paschke addressed the Community Develop- ment Department and Planning perspective on if and where current retail uses might convert to limited processing; with Mr. Paschke opining that he didn't see it converting in major retail areas (e.g. Rosedale Mall), but thought it would be more prevalent to do so further out (e.g. REI and Schneidermann's strip mall or similar facilities). Mr. Paschke noted that some of those buildings already had limited production/processing uses as non-conforming legal uses. One example of a potential use under this additional definition, but not currently allowed would be brew pubs, where limited production would apply. Mr. Paschke advised that this would simply clarify permitted uses; but the intent was not for manufacturing uses going into retail sites. In terms of impact, Mr. Paschke concurred with Mayor Roe that retail would have a higher impact due to more customers, rather than a limited production use with minimal product shipping and delivery trucks. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Paschke advised that staff had ini- tiated this proposed text amendment, not a specific developer, with the intent to keep the zoning ordinance as clear as possible rather than attempting spot rezon- ing of certain parcels, a common practice in the past, and requiring a change to the Comprehensive Plan as well.