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Class ZZ Condtional Use Downtown District Class ~ Permitted Use Class Il Conditional Use Conditional Use Permits include two public hearings and typically tale about six weeks from application to Council decision, assuming no delays. often, initial conversations with prospective restaurants occur in the middle of a month, so the time from initial conversation to City Council approval is two months or more. Since 2005, the City has reviewed eight Conditional Use Permits for restaurants. They include: Broadway Pizzatwice}, Caribou Coffee, Chipotle, Jimmy Johns, Sonic, Subway, and McCoys. with the exception of McCoys, all of the restaurants above are in the C-3 Highway Commercial} zone. Addirionally, staff has classified a recent ice cream parlor request as a restaurant because it was determined that definitionrestaurant} was most closely related to the ice cream sales. The Planning Commission and Council will review the ice cream use in July. Recommended changes: .~ ~~-- Staff suggests that the Conditional Use Permit process is unnecessary for some restaurants in some zones. It is suggested that all sit down Class I} restaurants be permitted use, regardless of zone. Fast food Class fir} restaurants should be permitted uses in C-3 zoning districts. The expectation of a Highway Business District is uses that feed off of a highway and its inherent increased traffic, noise, light, etc. Fast food restaurants are an appropriate use in these environments. A new use definition should be developed to include coffee shops and ice cream parlors both non~drive through}. These uses could be permitted uses in all districts. These types of uses are not typically known for negative impacts above and beyond normal retail minimal odors, hours of operation, traffic, etc.}. Removing a Conditional Use Permit hurdle may be helpful to these businesses. with authorization, staff will prepare an ordinance amendment that, if approved, will codify this direction,