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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE # REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE IN THE BW BUSINESS WAREHOUSE DISTRICT; CASE OF TOM SAUTER By: Megan Wald, Associate Planner Background: Tom Sauter is requesting a conditional use permit to exceed outdoor storage restrictions established in the BW - Business Warehouse District on the property located at 6651 141~t Avenue also known as Lot I, Block 1, Gateway North Industrial Park No. 5. The following items are enclosed for your review: a) b) c) d) e) Site location map ExI-fibit A, outlining proposed outdoor storage area Background information regarding the conditional use permit request submitted by the Applicant Information regarding H&L Mesabi Company Proposed Findings of Fact ' Proposed Conditional Use Permit Notification: State law requires notification to properties within 350 feet of the boundaries of the subject property and property owners within that radius were notified. Observations: Tom Sauter constructed a 55,140 square foot multi-tenant building in the year 2001 on the subject I 1 acre parcel. City Code states that in the BW - Business Warehouse District, outdoor storage is restricted to 10% of the site area; in this case, outdoor storage is restricted to 1.12 acres. Tom Sauter operates his excavating business, T&G Land Company, from his multi-tenant building and Utilizes a significant amount of the 1.12 acres of outside storage area. The company, H&L Mesabi, is interested in locating in the City of Rarnsey and occupying one of Tom Sauter's remaining vacant mits. H&L Mesabi Company is a distributor and servicer for large equipment (i.e. snow plow blades, cutting edges) and therefore will require a significant anmunt of outside storage area. In order to provide enough outside storage space for both Mr. Sauter's excavating activities and H&L Mesabi's storage needs, Mr. Sauter is requesting to utilize 31% of the subject property for outside storage purposes, which equates to approximately 3.5 acres of the total 11 acre site. The outside storage area would be restricted to the area outlined in Exhibit A (see attached). The area identified in Exhibit A is currently surfaced with an aggregate mixture similar to Class V. Staff is recommending that additional landscaping be added along the northern boundary line in order to provide additional screening of the outside storage area from the neighboring property. -233-