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investment has been made in sewer and water services and zoning it for adult uses. Mr. Gorecki <br />stated that it would not be discriminatory for the City to zone unsewered industrial property for <br />adult uses. <br /> <br />Mr. Hartley noted that the City of Anoka has zoned their industrial property adjacent to Ramsey to <br />include adult uses. <br /> <br />Mr. Licht stated that Ramsey's present zoning ordinance is very shallow in terms of protection. <br />Under the present ordinance, it states in almost every district that a conditional use permit can be <br />obtained to accommodate any activity in any district. The proposed zoning ordinance is attempting <br />to focus adult uses in two zones. Mr. Licht noted that there is nothing preventing the City from <br />amending their zoning ordinance in the future to create another zoning district that would <br />accommodate light industrial activity. <br /> <br />Mr. Gorecki inquired as to the criteria used in determining that adult uses should be located in the <br />urban area versus the rural area. <br /> <br />Mr. Licht replied that the Renton, Washington case indicates that communities have to provide <br />legitimate typical commercial property for adult use activities. <br /> <br />It was felt that the MUSA concept in the metro area drew adult uses into the urban service area <br />more than the rural area. To put adult uses in a rural area would jeopardize future development to <br />that area. <br /> <br />Mr. Vevea noted that the City of Anoka did not zone adult uses into the hub of their City. <br /> <br />Mr. Licht replied that he predicts that the Anoka ordinance will be subject to challenge. Mr. Licht <br />explained that if the adult use is a retail activity, then one test of the general zoning is whether or <br />not the community has placed that type of retailing activity in an area of retail activity; placing that <br />adult use retail activity out in left field will not stand up in court. <br /> <br />Commissioner Deemer stated that he feels the City should not have created two new zones to <br />address adult uses, but rather, should have opened up adult uses to all of the business and <br />industrial zones as they exist today and in conjunction with that, increase the distance requirements. <br /> <br />Mr. Licht noted that the City has a vast amount of business and industrial property and in Mr. <br />Deemer's scenario, the City would be providing a great deal more opportunity for adult uses to <br />locate in the City. <br /> <br />Commissioner Deemer explained that initially, adult uses would have a lot more space in which to <br />locate, but as they came into the City, they would limit themselves more and more because of the <br />distance requirement from each other. In this way, the adult uses would not be concentrated along <br />Highway 10. <br /> <br />Mr. Hartley noted that in the proposed zoning ordinance amendment, there is very little, if any, <br />area remaining along Highway 10 that would be available for adult uses, based on the 750' foot <br />distance requirement. <br /> <br />Mr. Licht noted that in the Renton, Washington case, which is what most cities are modeling their <br />adult use zoning ordinances after, they zoned 7% of their city for adult uses. In the proposed <br />zoning ordinance for Ramsey, there is a total of 2.2% of the City that would be zoned for adult <br /> <br />Planning and Zoning Commission / October 22, 1990 <br /> Page 4 of 8 <br /> <br /> <br />