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--. --� 6.0 REVIEW OF CONDITIONAL USE CRITERIA 6.1 Section 1013.01 (Conditional Uses) of the City Code requires the Planning Commission and City Council to consider the following criteria when reviewing a coND�T�oNAL usE application: a. Impact on traffic; b. Impact on parks, streets, and other public facilities; c. Compatibility of the site plan, internal traffic circulation, landscaping, and structures with contiguous properties; d. Impact of the use on the market value of contiguous properties; e. Impact on the general public health, safety, and welfare; and f. Compatility with the City's Comprehensive Plan. 6.2 Impact on traffic: Because Pawn America proposes to expand into an adjacent tenant space in an existing shopping center, Planning Division has determined that the use would have no more impact on traffic than other permitted uses that could occupy the same space. 6.3 Impact on parks, streets and other public facilities: The proposal represents a retail use in an existing retail space, and so would not have additional impacts on parks, streets, and other public facilities. 6.4 Compatibility ... with conNguous properties: No changes are proposed to the site plan, internal traffic circulation, or landscaping, and the proposed internal structural modifications would not affect the site's compatibility with contiguous properties. 6.5 Impact of the use on the market value of contiguous properties: People tend to have negative feelings about pawn stores and their perceived effect on residential property values, but when a property is assigned Zoning and Comprehensive Plan land use designations, careful consideration is given to protecting the value of surrounding properties. In light of this, and because a pawn store is among the uses that are allowed (conditionally or otherwise) in the B-3 District and is consistent with the "business" designation of the Comprehensive Plan, the Planning Division has determined that the expanded pawn store use will not affect the market value of contiguous properties. 6.6 Impact on the general public health, safety, and welfare: Police Department staff has indicated that pawn shops are no more likely to have illegal activity or police calls than a general retail business and that Roseville police enjoy a very cooperative relationship with the existing Pawn America store; the Planning Division therefore believes that the proposed expansion of the existing store will have no discernable impact on the general public health, safety, and welfare. City licensing requirements for pawn shops are also geared toward protecting the health, safety, and welfare of Roseville's residents, and if Pawn America fails to satisfy those requirements, the company risks revocation of its license. Even if Pawn America operates in compliance with its license but the use is later determined to have a negative impact on the general public health, safety, and welfare, the coND�T�oNA�, usE approval can be invalidated. 6.7 Compatility with the City's Comprehensive Plan: A pawn store is a conditionally permitted use in the B-3 General Business District and is compatible with the Comprehensive Plan land use designation of Business. PF09-0ll RPCA 050609 Page 3 of 4