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Case File: CU 12-09 Page 3 Elk Park Center PUD 1lmendment Pawn shops If denial of such a permit should occur, it shall accompany recommendations or determinations by findings or a report stating how the proposed use does not comply with the standards set forth in Section 30-654. In the review of the standards for CUP as outlined, it appears that the request is consistent with all of these standards. ANALYSIS The owners wish to amend the PUD agreement to allow pawn shops as a conditional use. Pawn shops are currently allowed as a conditional use in the C-3 (highway commercial district) with distance restrictions: 250-foot setback from a residential zone and a 500-foot setback from schools; parks, day care centers, churches and other pawnshops, as measured from the property line. The modifications to a planned unit development agreement generally govern the entire agreement area, unless specifically addressed. Using the regulation applicable to pawn shops in the C-3 zone as a baseline, portions of the Elk Park Center development fall within the 250 feet of residentially-zoned parcels, particularly on the west side of the development. To be consistent with the C-3 zoning regulations, the Planning Commission and City Council may wish to restrict pawn shop uses in a manner similar to the C- 3zoning district, with the distance requirements. The Council could also restrict pawn shops to specific lots within. the development if so desired. It should be noted that the portion of Highway 169 immediately east of the location proposed by Twin Cities Pawn (in -case No. CU 12-10) is zoned R-1 c. While this distance. does not :meet the letter of law, the intent of the separation requirement is to remove these uses from residential .The intensity of traffic on Highway 169. achieves that effect. Staffs recommendation addresses the distance separation requirement. .Comprehensive Plan The comprehensive plan does not drive to the level of specific uses. The area is guided for highway business use; the comprehensive plan has identified pawn shops appropriate in that zone. ATTACHMENTS ^ Location Map ^ Applicant's Narrative ^ Buffer drawing Action Motion by Second by Vote Follow Up N:\Departments\Communiry Development\Planning\Case Files\CUP\CU 12-09 TC Pawn-Amend EPC PUD\CU 12-09 EPC PUD amendment SR to PC 6-12-12.docx