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overlay district. The Planning Commission also recommended that the proposed Section 117-363 be revised to include a provision regarding the storage of firearms during the overnight hours. They desired to see more safety measures in place to prevent the theft of guns. Staff has incorporated paragraph (j) in the proposed amendment stating that any weapons stored overnight on the premises shall be properly secured, per the direction of the Police Chief, and the provisions of which shall be negotiated through the conditional use permit. Alternatives/Options Option #1: Adopt Ordinance #14-01 Amending City Code Section 117-114 to Establish Indoor Commercial Recreation as a Conditional Use in a Geographically Defined Area within the B-1 General Business District and to Create City Code Section 117-363 Establishing Performance Standards for Indoor Shooting Ranges. This would expand the allowable uses within the 167th Avenue/Trunk Highway 47 retail node and addresses comments received from Property Owners and tenants within the retail node and adjacent residents that participated in the citizen engagement process. Allowing additional uses may help reduce vacancy rates in this struggling retail node, while maintaining consistency with language in other zoning districts. As previously noted, the B-1 General Business District is generally more closely interrelated to adjacent residential uses, but in this general area, the residential lots are larger than around other B-1 General Business District nodes and densities are lower than other areas as well. Identifying this use as a conditional use also maintains the public input process via a public hearing for a conditional use permit, which could help address and potentially mitigate questions and/or concerns that may be raised prior to this type of use commencing. Option #2: Adopt a Revised Ordinance #14-01 to Amend City Code Section 117-114 to Allow Indoor Commercial Recreation as a Conditional Use throughout the Entire B-1 General Business District and Create City Code Section 117-363 Establishing Performance Standards for Indoor Shooting Ranges. While this option would also maintain the public input process via a public hearing for a conditional use permit, the Planning Commission was not supportive of it because of the greater densities and smaller lot sizes of residential properties around many of the other B-1 General Business District nodes. Due to these contrasts with the residential area surrounding the 167th Avenue/Trunk Highway 47 retail node, the Planning Commission did not necessarily see Indoor Commercial Recreation as a compatible use across all of the B-1 General Business District. Option #3: Adopt a Revised Ordinance #14-01 to Amend City Code Section 117-114 to Identify Indoor Commercial Recreation as a Permitted Use in the B-1 General Business District and Creating City Code Section 117-363 Establishing Performance Standards for Indoor Shooting Ranges. This would permit Indoor Commercial Recreation 'by -right' in this zoning district (including indoor shooting ranges, bowling alleys, laser tag, indoor playing fields etc.) and would become an administrative process. There would be opportunity for due process for those individuals in opposition; however, this due process would be reactionary in nature versus proactive. Due to the nature of the B-1 General Business District (typically neighborhood scale retail), maintaining the formal review process to ensure that a proposed use would not be in conflict with the intent of the B-1 General Business District could be beneficial. However, if the City Council prefers Indoor Commercial Recreation to be listed as a Permitted Use, Staff would suggest that a standard be incorporated into the proposed City Code Section 117-363 (Indoor shooting range)requiring a City license to operate an indoor shooting range. Thus, if there were issues with how the facility were being operated or concerns with the quality of owner, the City would retain the ability to revoke the license if necessary. Option #4: Do Not Adopt Ordinance #14-01 Amending City Code Section 117-114 to Identify Indoor Commercial Recreation as a Conditional Use in a Geographically Defined Area within the B-1 General Business District and to Create City Code Section 117-363 Establishing Performance Standards for Indoor Shooting Ranges. Allowing Indoor Commercial Recreation as a Conditional Use within a specific geographic area in a portion of the B-1 General Business District that has struggled for years would benefit this area. This is a more unique type of use that has the potential to reinvigorate this retail node and in turn, could benefit nearby businesses as well. As long as indoor commercial recreation is a conditional use, the City retains the ability to review individual requests on a case by case basis. Furthermore, with a conditional use permit, the City can apply reasonable conditions to mitigate potential concerns or deny a request if it does not seem consistent with the intent of the B-1 General Business District. Funding Source: All costs associated with this request are the responsibility of the Applicant. Recommendation: The Planning Commission recommends approval of Ordinance #14-01 amending City Code Section 117-114 identifying Indoor Commercial Recreation as a Conditional Use in a geographically defined area within the B-1 General Business District and creating City Code Section 117-363 establishing performance standards for Indoor Shooting Ranges. (Alternative #1). Action: Motion to introduce Ordinance #14-01 amending Section 117-114 (B-1 General Business) to identify Indoor Commercial Recreation as a conditional use in a geographically defined area within the B-1 General Business District and to create City Code Section 117-363 establishing performance standards for indoor shooting ranges. Zoning Man Adopted Statement of Goals for 167th Ave/Highway 47 Retail Node Invitation for January 9, 2014 Open House Draft Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Dated January 9, 2014 Draft Ordinance Attachments Form Review Inbox Reviewed By Date Jim Way Jim Way 01/22/2014 0 L 19 PM Tim Gladhill Tim Gladhill 01/22/2014 02:37 PM Chris Anderson (Originator) Chris Anderson 01/22/2014 03:19 PM Joe Langel Joe Langel 01/22/2014 05:11 PM Tim Gladhill Tim Gladhill 01/23/2014 08:33 AM Kurt Ulrich Kurt Ulrich 01/23/2014 0 L 56 PM