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Ill The highway commercial zones are more accessible, are found in wider areas of the city but the opportunity for conflicting uses is greater because of the proximity to schools, parks, daycare centers and residences. However, pawn shops which from a land use perspective are a retail land use, would most appropriately fit into the highway commercial zone Conditions and Performance Standards All of the cities surveyed had conditions or performance standards of some type. Restrictions limiting the hours of operation was a common condition. Five of the seven cities limited the hours of operation. Elk River currently limits the hours of operation to 7am to 9pm Monday through Saturday. Regulation of hours of operation will be included in the updated licensing procedure Setbacks from certain land uses was a condition in three cities. Blaine and Brooklyn Park require a 300 foot setback between pawn shops and a church or a school. Richfield requires a 1000 foot setback from schools, churches, daycare facilities, library, government building or other pawn shop and a 250 foot setback from any residential zone. Elk River currently has no restrictions on separation from other land uses. Setbacks from incompatible land uses would support the City's ordinance in that IIIthe ordinance will prohibit minors from conducting pawn transactions. Therefore, it seems reasonable to require a setback from land uses directed towards youth such as schools, day care centers, parks and residential zones and the proposed ordinance will reflect that. Recommendation It is recommended that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the ordinance creating a definition for pawn shops and including them as a conditional use in the C3 (Highway Commercial) zone with setbacks of 250 feet from residential zones and 500 feet from schools, parks and daycare centers. III