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Ii 'I RESOLUTION NO NEW BRIGHTON PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SP-106 WHEREAS, an application for a special use permit, SP-106 has been made by Richland, Inc. to establish an am,usement center in the Rice Creek Center; ana .. vJHEREAS, the procedural hi,!;tory of the application is as follows: 1. That an application for a special use permit was filed with the City on August 2, 1982. 2. That the Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a public hearing on August 17, 1982, a 11 per son I s pre s e n tat the h e. r i n g we reg i ve n : ~ an opportunity to be heard. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission that the following Findings of Fact are' made 'in respect to SP-106: That the property is zoned B-3, General Business~ That Section 5-240 of the New Brighton Zoning Code re~ut~8~ a specialcuse permit t6r"an amusement center. That Section 8-130 of the New Brighton Zoning Code lists the standards for'a special use permit. ~ That due to the close proximity of an existing permitted ~and licensed establishment which sells alcoholic beverage f~ s p e ci f i call y bee ran d win e, the use 0 fan am u s em e n t c e n t e '.n~~wi1l endanger and be detrimental to the public health, ,.W~ safety, morals, comfort of the general welfare. 5. That because of this close proximity to the licensed establishment selling alcoholic beverages the amusement center use will be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinty for those purposes already permitted. That the shopping center has no pedestrian mall area wher activities are held outside individual business areas and there are no shops or enterprises at this time that resul in the concentration of a large number of juvenile trons. , That the shopping center has a high percentage of professional office uses consisting of insurance agents, dentist, accounts, engineers, lawyers which distinguishes the center from shopping malls with a great deal of 'uvenile traffic. That the association of the merchants at the shopping center have requested consideration of additional adult activities in regard to the sale of alcholic beverages and that the City finds the proposal for an amusement center in conflict with the desire for additional sales of alcoholic beverages. That Richland, Inc. has established an amusement center prior to securing the required special use permit. That the amusement center to date has not had proper supervision and has failed to control bicycle traffic/ parking inside and outside the shopping center. That the parking of said bicycles in the halls and in front of the exit doors constitutes a fire hazard for the 'general public and merchants of the shopping center. That the size of the facility with its proposed uses of (4 electronic games, billiards and food sales require mo re , sup e r vis ion i n t e r mf ~ f P ~ m ~ e.97 J. n ~ a ge t h ani s b e i n g provided for. ~~- 13. That the floor plan denotes a billiard area that is not r~ visible from the ice cream counter anu therefore cannot ~~be properly supervised. ~~~~ ~l. ~. C4'.At/!f3 .