HomeMy WebLinkAboutOB 1 ARCADES MECHAN'S 06-07-82DATE:
June 7, 1982
OLD BUSINESS
NO. 1
6-7-82
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Honorable Mayor & City Council
Community Development Department
Arcades-Mechanism for Review & Planning Agency Guidelines
At the May 17, 1982 meeting of the City Council, Ordinance No. 870 was
tabled and Council directed Staff to recommend the procedure to follow
regarding arcades in light of the dual review requirement by the Planning
Agency and the License and Permit Board.
RECOI~NDED ACTION
Arcades shall be subject to review and action under a use permit procedure
by the Planning Agency only.
The reasons for this recommendation are as follows:
Maximize public input - a use permit mandates public notice to all
property owners within 300 feet of the proposed use along with a legal
notice in the newspaper; License and Permit Board only requires a legal
notice in a newspaper of local circulation.
The majority of the personnel on the License and Permit Board (except
for the Chamber representative) also serve as the staff of the Planning
Agency.
3. The dual review requirement is redundant and unnecessary.
Further, Staff was requested by Mayor Edgar to summarize the "concerns"
brought out during the discussions on the proposed ordinance which, may
serve as general guidelines for review. The following concerns are those
recognized by Staff from such discussions and with any additions,
modifications or deletions the City Council may desire, could be used as a
general guide for potential applicants and Agency deliberations.
Game arcades shall be adequately separated from schools, parks,
churches, rest homes, hospitals or residential uses in the immediate
neighborhood.
Mayor & City Council
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Arcades shall be located in a multi-tenant commercial center adequate
in size to provide for secondary supervision, adequate police overview
and retaining all activities associated with arcade entertainment
centers on the subject site.
Concern arose over the relationship of the arcade as the primary or
secondary business entity at the premise, along with percentage
limitations on floor areas allocated to combined uses were expressed.
That a fixed number of machines should be established for an arcade
based on such considerations.
Operational concerns on management, supervision, hours of operation,
restriction on juveniles unaccompanied by an adult, background of
managers, security measures, token exchange and similar matters were
discussed as items to consider for such arcade operations.
Site conditions regarding adequacy of parking, providing bike and moped
racks and clean up of litterand debris were also concerns.
Attention to noise or activities intruding on adjacent properties or
businesses, along with concern for pedestrian/bicycle and vehicular
traffic conflict especially at non-signalized intersections were
expressed.
RECOIPlENDATIO#
The list of concerns provided herein, or as modified be provided each
applicant for an arcade facility. That Staff and the Agency will review
each application on a case-by-case basis with such concerns serving as
guides in said review.
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