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Planning Commission Minutes January 22, 1991 Page 4 . THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. COMMISSIONER SPOTTS ABSTAINED AS HE WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER OF 1990. 7. Disc~ssion - Adult Related Land Uses Moratorium Steve Rohlf, Building and Zoning Administrator, stated that the Adult Entertainment Related Land Use issue was before the Commission in order to give staff some direction as to how adult oriented land uses should be regulated and to implement ordinances which accomplish this. This ordinance would be presented at another meeting at a later date. Chairperson Johnson read the following statement to be entered into the minutes. "The Elk River Planning Commission recognizes that pornography represents an affront to the dignity of women and other vulnerable individuals as well as a threat to their personal safety. All discussions relevant to the topic of adult related businesses will be conducted in a manner which respects the sensibilities of women and other vulnerable individuals." Chairperson Johnson indicated that the statement she just read would give some guidelines on the conduct of the discussion regarding Adult Entertainment Related Land Uses and was asking for an agreement on the statement before the Commission proceeded with this item. No one opposed the statement. . Commissioner Spotts gave some background information on some of the problems which occurred in Andover. The City of Andover felt they could not deny adult related land uses, but could instead put restrictions on these types of uses. Commissioner Spotts stated that Andover had followed the City of St. Louis Park's ordinance as they felt it was a good ordinance. Tim Keane, City Attorney, gave a brief history of the moratorium. A six month moratorium was adopted in April, 1990 and was extended by resolution of the Council in September for an additional 18 months. Mr. Keane further explained that the Attorney General's Report is a sufficient basis for the City to undertake the moratorium to study the issue and to adopt regulations. Mr. Keane stated that based on this report, the City is not required to do its own independent research to establish what the potential adverse affects of these uses are on the community. The City has to thoughtfully go through a process in terms of determining how the Ci ty wants to consider the adverse affects on the community and then formulate regulations in response to that. . Commissioner Spotts suggested adopting a pseudo-ordinance like St. Louis Park's, but changing the zoning designations to comply with Elk River's land uses. After some discussion, the Planning Commission was in agreement with Commissioner Spotts to take the St. Louis Park Ordinance and work wi th it to see how it would play out in terms of land use principals and land use regulations for the Elk River communi ty. It was the general consensus of the Commission that they would work on fact-finding and start to assemble background information to discuss at their next work session.