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City Administrator Hagen said if the Council wants to limit this to only having one cannabis retailer in the COR area, then Staff can look at this and determine how far apart, they would need to be without risk of spot zoning. Councilmember Specht asked if the maximum amount the City can charge for infractions is $2,000. Community Development Director Hanson said yes. The consensus of the Council was to direct Staff to bring the draft ordinance forward for the first reading at the next City Council meeting with a recommendation on distance buffers between cannabis retailers. 2.03: Continue Discussion of Rental Housing Inspections Program License Fees Community Development Director Hanson reviewed the Staff report and continued the discussion on the rental housing inspection program license fees. City Attorney Knaak shared that if they go above and beyond the cost of the actual service being provided for these licensing fees then this would not be allowed. He said the question is around how to find out what the cost is of these services being provided then spreading this cost equally among all of the licenses. Councilmember Howell noted that the current fees seem to be way over charging the single-family rental homes and they are subsidizing the large apartment buildings with many units. City Attorney Knaak explained that these large national corporations are driving up real estate by buying individual houses to rent and this is the way the market is going right now. Councilmember Musgrove shared that when they originally started this program it was because there were properties that were requiring a lot more attention than others and she believes those were multi-family units. She noted that each renter and landlord are going to be different and require different amounts of time. She added that some of their other concerns were caught with code enforcement. She said she would like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and put all landlords in the three year license category and if someone fails an inspection then they would require more frequent inspections. Mayor Kuzma asked if the preliminary budget that they will be approving later this evening has numbers based on the old program or if they will have a shortfall if they reduce these fees. Community Development Director Hanson said the budget includes numbers based on the current program fees. She shared that she was finally able to get a hold of Coon Rapids staff on their fees which are$135 a year for single-family units along with a$60 inspection fee. She added that Coon Rapids also has three tiers for how frequent inspections are based on inspection results. She said City Council Work Session / September 24, 2024 Page 5 of 13