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� ) A.( <br /> ITEM 5.12. <br /> ty of � MEMORANDUM <br /> 1k • <br /> TO: Planning Commission <br /> River <br /> FROM: Scott Harlicker, Assistant Planne <br /> DATE: July 23, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: City of Elk River Request for Ordinance <br /> Amendment Related to Licensing of <br /> Pawnshops and Pawnbrokers, Public <br /> Hearing Case No. OA 96-8 <br /> Issue <br /> Consider a request by the City of Elk River to amend Section 900.08 and Section <br /> 900.12 relating to definitions and highway commercial uses. <br /> Attachments <br /> • Summary sheet of pawn shop survey <br /> Ordinance 96- <br /> Background <br /> The staff is in the process of updating the licensing procedure for pawn shops. <br /> On March 18,1996, the City Council approved an ordinance that established a <br /> moratorium on pawn shops for one year or until the Code of Ordinances has <br /> been updated with respect to pawn shops. As part of this process staff is <br /> creating a definition for pawnbroker and pawnshops and looking at whether <br /> pawn shops should be considered a permitted retail use or allowed as a <br /> conditional use and in what zones they should be allowed. Under the existing <br /> ordinance, the issue of where pawn shops are allowed is not addressed. In the <br /> past they have been treated as a permitted retail use. At this time, the best <br /> interpretation is to permit pawnshops as a retail use. <br /> Issues <br /> There are three primary planning issues that need to be addressed: <br /> • Should pawn shops be allowed as a permitted retail use or as a conditional <br /> use <br /> • • In which zones should they be located <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />