The council voted in favor of passing two amendments. One of them removes a few restrictions to retail uses, and the second amendment makes it so that private clubs have to get their approvals using special permits. Stationery printers could be used to Print licenses and permits.
Vice Mayor Pat Dent explained the second change when he said:
“This gives us a way to manage these uses better than we’ve had in the past, with a (standard use permit). It gives us more guidance and more flexibility to decide where these uses are located in the city.”
The second amendment was made with the goal of closing a loophole in the zoning laws that do not specify what type of business can call itself private. It was found that private lodges and clubs would sometimes define themselves as not-for-profit organizations even though the ordinance fails to define how they are used. Without clear definitions of what makes an establishment private, business owners that would otherwise not have been allowed to operate in the city may attempt to get around the restrictions by opening up as private establishments. The amendment means that private lodges and clubs will require a special-use permit to operate within the city.
Councilmember Caleb Rogers explained that the goal is to make it so that such businesses can get the right permits, rather than outright banning them.
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