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Amdt6_RCA_070813.doc Page 2 of 4 4.0B ACKGROUND 16 As an outcome of many months of review and discussion, the City Council 17 directed the Planning Division to create an additional Regional Business District 18 in order to accommodate production and processing of materials and products on 19 a limited basis. 20 The proposal brought forward created the Regional Business-2 District (RB-2) in 21 two specific locations: the first is west of Rosedale, along County Road B2 and 22 Prior, and the second is adjacent to Long Lake Road, south of County Road C2 23 (see attachment A). 24 As Council Members may be aware, the request by the Planning Division seeks to 25 clarify when production of goods as a principal use on a limited basis is 26 permissible within the Regional Business District, which provides some certainty 27 for pre-existing non-conformities. Roseville is full of nondescript businesses that 28 have production and processing as a component of their “use,” which has added 29 to the challenge of providing clarity.30 As the City Planner delved deeper into his research and potential solutions, 31 similarities kept popping up. Take, for instance, Edible Arrangements, where 32 there is processing and production of edible fruit arrangements that are packaged 33 and mailed, delivered, or picked-up at their Lexington/Larpenteur store. Or 34 Byerly’s, with the catering business that produces cakes and other food items and 35 then delivers the mass-produced goods via a small fleet of vehicles. Or an un-36 named tailor shop that offers shirts, jackets, and/or sweatshirts mass-produced 37 and/or processed on-site for pick-up or delivery. These three businesses and their 38 production/processing uses are not much different (on the surface) than Fastenal 39 or Sarah Lee or Fantasy Flight or UV Color, except where the production and/or 40 processing component can be determined to be principal or primary versus 41 accessory or ancillary; making such determinations is not always an easy task. 42 Therefore, clearly understanding these differences and developing definitions to 43 effectively separate the ancillary/accessory from the primary/principal is 44 necessary to properly address that which the City Council seeks and to limit or 45 minimize further expansion of the primary/principal use into unintended areas of 46 Roseville.47 5.0P ROPOSAL 48 Based on discussions with the City Council it was determined that the former 49 light industrial area/parcels west of Fairview Avenue along portions of County 50 Road B2 and Prior Avenue would be appropriate for the new RB-2 District. The 51 Planning Division also identified the area south of County Road C2 and west of 52 Long Lake Road as another area that could support limited production and 53 processing as a primary/principal use (see attached mapped areas). 54 Further, working with the City Attorney, the City Planner has developed the 55 following definitions for consideration, which will amend Section 1001.10 56 Definitions of the Zoning Ordinance:57