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The Chairperson requested that Staff provide Mr. Hassenstab with a copy of the material referred to. Mr. Lai – Mr. Hassenstab can contact our department. Zoning Map Amendment – 8162 Olive Boulevard The Chairperson stated that a letter was received from the applicant requesting that the Plan Commission postpone the item until the May 25, 2011 meeting. The applicant is waiting on a surveyor to prepare a new site plan. A motion was made to postpone the agenda item until May 25, 2011. The motion was seconded. The motion passed. Text Amendment The Chairperson provided background information about the proposed Text Amendment and stated that the Zoning Code Review Committee met previously and discussed the proposal with staff. Staff has provided the Text Amendment in the agenda packets. City Council requested that we address the Zoning Code and how to limit check-cashing establishments. We reviewed the proposed Text Amendment with staff and staff researched the issue. We then discussed ways to amend code and carry out Council’s request. Has the Commission been able to review the information in the packet? The Plan Commission members concurred that they were ready to discuss the proposed Text Amendment. The Chairperson requested that the staff provide a summary of the proposal. Mr. Greatens – The purpose of the proposed Text Amendment is to strengthen the Zoning Ordinance in terms of check-cashing establishments, short-term loan establishments, and title lenders, all three of which are defined in the ordinance. Question -What problems did City Council want to solve with this? Mr. Greatens – This originated at a public meeting in February, led by Rep. Ellinger, discussing the dangers of pay day loans stores. These businesses offer high interest loans, etc. Council wanted to provide more protection from these businesses. There are four existing short-term loan establishments. They are regulated by the State, so there is no way to exclusively prohibit them. There are ways to restrict them. Mr. Greatens explained where the four existing short- term loan establishments are located and also the two check-cashing establishments. There are six total businesses of this type. All four short-term loan establishments are in the GC District. They located there prior to being only permitted in the IC District as a conditional use. In 2002, the Code was amended to regulate short-term loan establishments to the IC District only as a conditional use. All existing short-term loan establishments operate as legal non-conforming uses. Check-cashing establishments were not addressed in that text amendment which is another tm;E