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ity of <br /> <br />iver <br /> <br />ITEM 8.17. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />Planning Commission <br />Scott Harlicker, Planning Assista~ <br />August 19, 1996 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />City of Elk River Request for Ordinance <br />Amendment, Public Hearing Case No. <br />OA 96-8 <br /> <br />Issue <br /> <br />Consider a request by the City of Elk River to amend Section 900.08 and <br />Section 900.12 relating to definitions and highway commercial uses. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />Summary sheet of pawn shop survey <br />Ordinance 96- <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The staff is in the process of updating the licensing procedure for pawn <br />shops. On March 18,1996, the City Council approved an ordinance that <br />established a moratorium on pawn shops for one year or until the Code of <br />Ordinances has been updated with respect to pawn shops. <br /> <br />The Police Department has taken the lead in drafting the license <br />requirements. Staff drew from what was considered to be the best sections of <br />other city's license requirements, principally Fridley and Bloomington, and <br />combined them into one ordinance. <br /> <br />The planning staff and Planning Commission have been involved with the <br />land use and planning issues as they relate to pawn shops. From a planning <br />perspective pawnshops are viewed as a retail use and as part of this process <br />staff is looking at whether pawn shops should be considered a permitted <br />retail use or allowed as a conditional use and in what zones they should be <br />allowed. We will be utilizing the State of Minnesota's definition of pawnshop <br />and pawnbroker. Under the existing ordinance, the issue of where pawn <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />