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Draft Planning Commission Minutes Attachment E t Request by Red Dog Holdings, LLC (d/bla Cash-n-Pawn) for approval of a CONDITIONAL USE 2 PERMIT to allow a pawn shop in an existing retail center at 2187 — 2195 Snelling Avenue. 3 Chair Bakeman opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 08-014. a Associate Pianner Bryan Lloyd reviewed staffs analysis of the request, noting that the subject tenant 5 space was located between Kinko's/FedEx and China Jen within the Rosewood Shopping Center. Mr. s Lloyd advised that the appiicant has seventeen (17) such stores located in the States of MN, MO, and IN, � and will not be cashing checks that would require separate licensing, nor will they be seeking licensure for a selling guns or pornographic materials. 9 Mr. Lloyd advised that representatives of the Roseville Police Department and Planning Division had met �o previously to review the proposal of Red Dog Holdings to establish a pawn shop in the vacant tenant �� space at Rosewood Shopping Center. Mr. Lloyd noted that at that meeting, the Police Department �z indicated that they had a good relationship with Pawn America and would expect a similar relationship i3 with Cash-n-Pawn, with the Police representative further stating that City Code, Section 311 ia (Pawnbrokers and Precious Metal Dealers) govemed the licensing and operational requirements for such is uses. �6 Mr. Lloyd advised that Police Department staff indicated that a pawn shop is no more likely to have illegal �7 activity or police calls than a general retail business; unless a substantial increase in police calls due to �8 illegal activities or loitering in the parking lot was found, at which time the CUP would be revisited, and 19 was addressed in staffs recommended conditions as detailed in the project report related to monitoring 2o calls to the site and discretion of the Police Department. 2 i Staff recommended APPROVAL of the request for a CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT to allow the proposed 22 pawn shop to operate in compliance with the requirements and regulations established in Roseville City zs Code, Sections 1005.015, 1013.01 and 311; based on the comments and findings outlined in Sections 5 2a and 6, and subject to conditions detailed in Section 7 of the project report dated April 2, 2008. 25 Commissioner Wozniak questioned whether it was appropriate to have a condition of approval that the 26 City's Police Department be required to provide additional monitoring. 27 Mr. Lloyd responded that this was for the purpose of reiterating notice to the applicant that there would be 28 ongoing monitoring, and that monitoring would be used as a resource to evaluate criteria for continuing 29 the CUP shouid any problems develop. 30 Discussion included the preference of the Police Department to avoid assigning an arbitrary numerical 3� threshold as part of the approval criteria; and clarification of the location of Pawn American in Roseville 3z (Rice Street at Larpenteur Avenue). 33 Community Development Director Trudgeon advised that the pawn shop license was an additional 3a monitoring device for the applicant for day-to-day operations, with any violations potentially causing the 35 CUP to become void as well as their license revoked. 36 Commissioner poherty sought verification that the pawn shop would not be offering check cashing 3� services or pay day loans. 3� Mr. Lloyd advised that the pawn shop would not be offering such services, and clarified that those 39 services would fall under different City, County and/or State licensing criteria and requirements, and were ao not part of this land use application. 4� Commissioner Boerigter questioned if the CUP would apply only to the proposed space at this time, or if it 42 could be expanded to include additional square footage within the same strip center. a3 Mr. Lloyd advised that a CUP was recorded with Ramsey County and stayed with the property, not the aa applicant; and advised that this applicant would need a new CUP to operate at a different location; and a5 could operate on the property identified in the CUP application. as Mr. Trudgeon suggested that the Commission could specifically condition their action on tying the CUP a7 application to a specific piece of property within the strip ma�l, as well as a condition specifying that no as cash lending would be allowed; thus making it necessary for the applicant to apply for an amendment to 49 the CUP for any additional operations to make sure the City and public were aware of those changes. so Applicant, Mark Smith, 19545 Hampshire Court, Prior Lake, MN (owner and CEO of Cash-n-Pawn) 5 i Mc Smith advised that he operated a combined eighteen (18) stores in the states of MN, MO and IN, with 5? ten (10) of those stored in MN; and that the company had been in business for twenty-one (21) years. .�. ,�