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Council adopts commercial zoning revisions, rezones Highway 7 parcels and allows cannabis dispensaries in C3 as conditional use
Summary
The Council voted to create three commercial zoning districts, rezoned three Highway 7 parcels from C-1 to C-3, and amended an ordinance to allow cannabis dispensaries in C3 only by conditional use; the Council also adopted a traffic-studies ordinance to allow study requirements for developments that may affect local roads.
Deephaven's City Council on Jan. 6 adopted a set of zoning and land-use ordinance changes aimed at clarifying commercial districts and strengthening local review of development impacts.
City Planner Pat Smith told the Council the city currently has two commercial districts but that characteristics of commercial nodes at Chowen's Corner and Highway 7 differ enough to warrant three separate commercial zoning districts. The Council and staff discussed how to reflect buffer areas in legal descriptions for a specific parcel at 19400 Highway 7.
Councilmember Tony Jewett proposed that cannabis dispensaries be allowed in the C3 zoning district only by conditional use rather than as an administratively permitted use; Mayor Kent Carlson cautioned that the city is bound by state law on what it can regulate. The Council voted to waive the second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 13-XX with Jewett's change, making cannabis dispensaries a conditional use in C3 (motion carried 5-0).
Separately, staff recommended clarifying the zoning of three Highway 7 parcels; Councilmember John Studer moved and Councilmember Tony Jewett seconded a rezoning of 19400, 19340 and 19300 Highway 7 from C-1 to C-3, which the Council approved 5-0.
Council also considered a proposed Traffic Studies Ordinance that would allow staff or the Council to require a traffic study for developments likely to negatively affect local roads. Smith said single-family homes typically would not trigger a study but multifamily or other larger developments could. The Council waived a second reading and adopted the Traffic Studies Ordinance as written (Jewett left before the vote; motion carried 4-0).
