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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION Date: 10/23/00 Item No: T_, Department ApprovaL• Manager Approved: Agenda Section: LAND USE Item Description: ]E�equest by Engelsma Limited Partnership LLP for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a licensed bingo hall to operate within Hamline Center 2807 Hamline Avenue North. (PF325 1) At the Council meeting on October 2, the Council continued discussion of this issue to October 23, 2000. The following topics are to be addressed by the City Attorney and staff: . Is Bingo at a shopping center a permitted use; an amusement "device"; or an amusement establishment? How do Chapter 303 (Devices) and 304 (Bingo) of the City Code apply? . Is Bingo an intensification of the shopping center? . Does the proposal follow the Comprehensive Plan? . Are there serious traffic congestion and parking issues? What are the number of spaces? . Was notification adequate? . How does the 24 hour service ordinance affect this proposal? . What conditions should/could be added to the Conditional Use Permit? Attached is a memorandum from the City Attorney regarding the issues indicated above. A second memo from staff discusses off-street parking. The Planning Commission and staff recommendations have not changed, except for additional conditions. 1.0 REQUESTED ACTION 1.1 Engelsma Limited Partnership LLP, requests approval of a Conditional Use Permit to allow a bingo hall to operate within a portion (11,650 sq. ft.) of the former grocery store bay at Hamline Center. The bay area the bingo hall would occupy is located at the southeast portion of the strip center adjacent to the Hamline Avenue access. 2.0 BACKGROiJND 2.1 Kraus-Anderson representatives met with City staff to review the possibility of utilizing a portion of the Hamline Center for use as a bingo hall. Their interest concerned whether the use was allowed and what improvements might be necessary. PF325 1 RCA (102300) Page 1 of 9