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Memo re Request for Special Use Permit at 731 Beta from Mayor Rinker 4-12-00 Page 4 The steps I mention below are thus only a suggested strategy for us to move into a position to address the potential of any sunilar requests in the future; it is also a ' strategy that can steer and influence whether such requests are made in the first place, much less how they will be made and be handled by the Village. Step Two - Medium Range Assessment of Beta Pazk and Relevant Planning and Zoning Code Ordinances. I ask that we collectively pose the questions: What dces Beta Park mean to the Village; to what extent need we, or should we make any adjustment to it? I am not advocating change of Beta Park, simply because I do not know if it needs any change; however, I am advocating we undertake a methodical way of evaluating its important characteristics to see if any change is warranted. The present permit issue implies this should be a worthwhile exercise. From time to time, not just recently, we have encountered issues that prompt us to look to Beta in the context of Mayfield Village's tax base and commerc.ial make-up. This present issue has simply triggered in my mind a series of questions that I find are not readily answered. I therefore think we should collectively develop some strategies and create an analytical model of Beta that will enable us to profile it and see where and how we may wish to steer it in the future. Thus, I think that between the Finance Committee, the Ordinance Review \ Committee, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Finance Director and with some '- pointed consultation with our Planiung Consultant we can collectively find useful ways to develop the profile. The one example that came to mind in the course of these recent discussions is whether we should need to make any adjustment to the off-street parking ordinances. Such ordinances are premised upon certain assumptions that correlate traffic and parking needs with a particular zoning use. In my experience, I have seen how these assumptions have evolved and have been treated in municipal settings in a variety of ways, ranging from rank manipulation to thoughtful and even sophisticated evaluation of growing and changing databases. In some instances, the assumptions have been markedly changed; in other instances, the changes have been more subtle. (One notable area has involved shopping malls and the parking ratios that correlate parlcing with gross leaseable area within malls, which in turn is tempered by distance of parking space from retail service within the mall, the kind of service situated in the mall and the mix of retail services inside any given mall. Over the years, the philosophy of shopping centers has changed as a:reflection of the changing demographics of consumers, shopping habits and the frequency and timing of traffic and trips generated by these usesJ This stuff can get pretty thick, but the fact remains communities all over the ? greater Qeveland area are at different stages and in different ways rethinldng such ordinances.