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• • Under what conditions should they be allowed i.e. setbacks from other land <br /> uses <br /> Staff reviewed ordinances from other cities; their requirements for setbacks, <br /> whether it is a permitted or conditional use and other licensing requirements <br /> are outlined on the attached summary sheet. <br /> Analysis <br /> Permitted or Conditional Use <br /> Two of the seven ordinances reviewed had pawn shops as conditional uses; they <br /> are Bloomington and Richfield. In Bloomington, they are allowed as a <br /> conditional use in the B-3 (General Business) District. The purpose of this <br /> district is to provide centralized areas for businesses that do not belong in <br /> shopping centers, and for highway or automobile oriented businesses. <br /> Bloomington did not specify in the zoning code what specific conditions or <br /> standards will apply to pawn shops; that was addressed in the body of the <br /> licensing ordinance. Richfield allows pawn shops as a conditional use in the C-2 <br /> District. The conditions and standards that apply to pawn shops are included in <br /> the zoning code and not in the licensing ordinance. The remaining five cities <br /> • allowed pawn shops as a permitted retail use in certain commercial districts <br /> By allowing pawn shops as a conditional use it provides additional time for <br /> public comment because a public hearing is required for conditional use permits. <br /> Secondly, by requiring a conditional use permit the City has an opportunity to <br /> address site plan issues and a forum to correct areas of the site that are not in <br /> compliance with the zoning code. <br /> Zones <br /> All of the ordinances reviewed allow pawn shops in at least one of their <br /> commercial zones. Richfield also allows them in the industrial zone. The <br /> commercial zones in which they are allowed seem to be general business or <br /> highway commercial type zones. <br /> By allowing pawn shops only in the industrial zones the conflict with pawn <br /> shops being to close to other incompatible uses such as churches, schools, <br /> residences will be minimize. However, by allowing them only in industrial zones <br /> they are being restricted to areas with limited accessibility and not usually <br /> conducive for retail type uses. Also by allowing them in industrial zones the City <br /> would be introducing a retail land use into a zone in which it is not really <br /> compatible and encouraging the utilization of limited industrial land for non- <br /> eindustrial land uses. <br />