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DRAFT Planning Commission Minutes dated February 7, 2019 5.02: Public Hearing: Consider Ordinance #18-13, Amendment to City Code Chapter 117 (Zoning and Subdivision of Land) to add a Neighborhood Business District Public Hearing Chairperson Bauer called the public hearing to order at 7:13 p.m. Presentation Community Development Director Gladhill presented the staff report stating in 2016, following the Public Hearing regarding the property located at 6139 157 Lane NW, staff was instructed to create a new zoning district within the City of Ramsey for the purposes of commercial property located near or adjacent to residential properties. Primarily, this Zoning District is needed to correct a previous zoning action (improper use of a conditional use permit). Community Development Director Gladhill reported this zoning district did not move forward in 2016 and staff has been directed to bring the case back to the Planning Commission as a discussion item. This proposed zoning district is slightly more restrictive than the current B-1 district and would not occur along Highways 47 or 10. The intent of this ordinance is truly small-scale, neighborhood -scale commercial uses. The intent is not to allow higher intensity uses most commonly found along highway corridors. This district can be a valuable tool moving forward as the City attempts to accomplish comprehensive plan goals to provide a mix of uses focused on neighborhoods. For example, another potential area for this zoning district could be used would be near the new elementary school (not proposed at this time). Community Development Director Gladhill explained staff drafted a proposed zoning district which includes four permitted uses, four conditional uses and six prohibited uses. Following the feedback previous Planning Commission meetings, Staff has moved on -sale liquor to a conditional use and added the sales of tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco related devices to the prohibited uses. This case was also reviewed at a recent City Council Work Session. Citizen Input Jerry Petro, 6140 157th Lane NW, explained he lives just south of the subject property. He reported this property used to be a church and has since become a daycare and secretarial service. He questioned why the City was proposing to change this property from requiring a conditional use permit to becoming a Neighborhood Business District. He feared he would have a strip mall in his backyard in the near future. He questioned if the hours of operation for the Neighborhood Business District would be 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. He understood that alcohol and drive thru's would not be allowed on this property, however, he keeps seeing how the City changes their mind over the years. He expressed concern that he would have a McDonald's or a bar adjacent to his home that would be open till 2:00 a.m. He explained this property was not located on a major intersection but rather was located in a neighborhood.