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Either option would make a few clinics currently in the B-3 zone nonconforming uses. A <br /> nonconforming use is allowed to continue to operate,provided the use does not cease for two <br /> years. <br /> Staff Recommendation. Staff now recommends that the Planning Commission take the <br /> following actions: <br /> 1: Amend the zoning code definition of"clinic"to read as follows: <br /> "Clinic"means a building or portion of a building containing an office or offices of medical <br /> doctors,dentists,psychiatrists,chiropractors,physical therapists and other members of the <br /> medical profession which provide facilities and services for outpatient care,diagnosis, <br /> treatment, and observation of individuals suffering from illness,injury or other conditions <br /> requiring medical,surgical or therapeutic services. This definition does not include facilities <br /> providing patient beds for overnight care,or opiate su : : -.=-� .• = --. See also <br /> "medical-related activities." <br /> 2. Repeal the definition of"opiate substitution treatment facilities." <br /> 3. Remove"opiate substitution treatment facility"as a use from Use Table No. 5.2, <br /> including the referenced special regulation(56): <br /> • <br /> .... . . - .. . •"-• • ` - . . -- _ ... - . - .., -. -- <br /> established inthe city under this provision as a permitted-use using Review Proceeic L In <br /> Planning Commission Resolution. Attached is a resolution that recommends approval of the <br /> above changes to the City Council. If the Planning.Commission wishes to prohibit clinics under <br /> option 1 or 2 identified above,the resolution would have to be re-drafted. Staff does not <br /> anticipate,based on the discussion at the November 7 Planning Commission public hearing,that <br /> the commission would be inclined to support either option. <br /> • <br /> Staff Report-Page 3 <br />