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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, April 02, 2008 Page 3 Mr. Lloyd advised that representatives of the Roseville Police Department and Planning Division had met 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 indicated that they had a good relationship with Pawn America and would expect a similar relationship with Cash-n-Pawn, with the Police representative further stating that City Code, Section 311 (Pawnbrokers and Precious Metal Dealers) governed the licensing and operational requirements for such uses. Mr. Lloyd advised that Police Department staff indicated that a pawn shop is no more likely to have illegal activity or police calls than a general retail business; unless a substantial increase in police calls due to illegal activities or loitering in the parking lot was found, at which time the CUP would be revisited, and was addressed in staff’s recommended conditions as detailed in the project report related to monitoring calls to the site and discretion of the Police Department. Staff recommended APPROVAL of the request for a CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT to allow the proposed pawn shop to operate in compliance with the requirements and regulations established in Roseville City Code, Sections 1005.015, 1013.01 and 311; based on the comments and findings outlined in Sections 5 and 6, and subject to conditions detailed in Section 7 of the project report dated April 2, 2008. Commissioner Wozniak questioned whether it was appropriate to have a condition of approval that the City’s Police Department be required to provide additional monitoring. Mr. Lloyd responded that this was for the purpose of reiterating notice to the applicant that there would be ongoing monitoring, and that monitoring would be used as a resource to evaluate criteria for continuing the CUP should any problems develop. Discussion included the preference of the Police Department to avoid assigning an arbitrary numerical threshold as part of the approval criteria; and clarification of the location of Pawn American in Roseville (Rice Street at Larpenteur Avenue). Community Development Director Trudgeon advised that the pawn shop license was an additional monitoring device for the applicant for day-to-day operations, with any violations potentially causing the CUP to become void as well as their license revoked. Commissioner Doherty sought verification that the pawn shop would not be offering check cashing services or pay day loans. Mr. Lloyd advised that the pawn shop would not be offering such services, and clarified that those services would fall under different City, County and/or State licensing criteria and requirements, and were not part of this land use application. Commissioner Boerigter questioned if the CUP would apply only to the proposed space at this time, or if it could be expanded to include additional square footage within the same strip center. Mr. Lloyd advised that a CUP was recorded with Ramsey County and stayed with the property, not the applicant; and advised that this applicant would need a new CUP to operate at a different location; and could operate on the property identified in the CUP application. Mr. Trudgeon suggested that the Commission could specifically condition their action on tying the CUP application to a specific piece of property within the strip mall, as well as a condition specifying that no cash lending would be allowed; thus making it necessary for the applicant to apply for an amendment to the CUP for any additional operations to make sure the City and public were aware of those changes.