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issues on a pennanent basis, the City received an application from Charles Lind for a con . use permit to exceed the total amount of accessory building space allowed on his subject property is zoned R1-R Single Family Rural Residential and adjacent r~ro¢~'~'~ to the north, south, east and west are also zoned R1-R. Mr. Lind's property is also in close proximity to a B-3 Highway Business District that is currently occupied by a fu~'*r~:S~m, auto dealer, Monarch Homes and Canvas Craft. The parcel is 2.5 acres in size a Code'~W,S a · ' ~"~ '~"~ , '5 ,'"~:~ maximum of 2,064 square feet of accessory structure space. Charles Lind h~m 1,792 (28 x 64~). square foot attached garage. Charles is proposing to construct a deiache~i:~(~~. '~a,oe at a 3,200 (40' x 80') square feet, which would bring the total am ~garag~:.~'ipace to square feet. This is a 2,928 square foot overage in allowable,~o'O5¢i(~cture space on the parcel. Mr. Lind would like to utilize the detached ac structui:e for storage of Ns commercial vehicles, private use equipment and pfivate~'3ehcles~,~at are cu=ently stored outdoors. The Applicant is proposing exterior buil ~tefials o~ siding that closely matches the home and asphalt shingles. ~e buildingS: ~t exceed:~'5~2~foot height limit. The City has g~anted conditional use pe~its in the Past f0~i~es~6~?7~{m~e squ~e footage overages. From 1997 to 2001 the City has ~anted approximat~y;J~]2.',:Conditional use pe~its for accesso~ structure square footage overages. Providing a means fo~-~[ind to p~k his veNcles and equipment indoors is a substantial 9verage in accesso~ building'~: .,butSt'~ould possibly resolve several outstanding code e~6~mt issues. In the event thaf' i'was not able to construct the detached accesso,'.'~b~i&~:g::'he:~ould be responsible for¢};viding a Class V parking pad under all vehicles.,'a~d:~c~gning tg~'G~bmia~ vehicles B;-;a de~ee of 75% from adjacent neighbors and public:r6ads. <'~'~eedng may:c0~;f~t..E~sting vegetation, a privacy fence or a combination of both. In the ~t that,ffi~:,P~0pe~'~;~to change ownersUp in the ~ture, the excessive overage of accesso0 garage':~p~ce on th~'~}~0pe~ may be appealing for a commercial operation', to locate on the pr0b~?The Pla~i~g Co~ission met on Au~st 7, 200l to review the conditional use pe~it r~Est and held a public hearing. During the public hearing sever~ residents vomed their dtspleas~:w!,ffi)~. L~nd s Nsto~ of accumulating private use and co~n~rcial use eq~pment and vehicle~:)~}~;%~;'neighbors are concerned that Mr. Lind has already exhausted his acce~0~ structure Cp~?'on the prope~y and allowing the accesso~ struc~re' sq~re footage.ov~age,.0a.,.the pr0P~ could provide an oppo~niW 'for Mr. Lind to accumulate adaition~'veh'i'deg::&hd:'~~nt. The Plying Co~ission is reco~ended denial of the conditional use pe~lt based' on findings of hct. The Pla~ng Co~ission stated '~ei?'~concem is thdt ~e conditional use pe~it would be a sho~-te~ remedy that could create long te~ problems. ~e5 Pla~ng Co~ission is also concerned with se~ing a precedent in g~anting substantial overages.' to accesso~ building space allotments for uses other than fa~ related activities. Mayor Gamec inquired if all of the equipment would be able to be stored inside if the building is constructed. · Mr. Lind replied yes. City Council/August 28, 2001 Page 23 of 35 -73-