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for the storage of farm related materials and equipment by persons who rent farm land fr0m'~ Wolf. The accessory structure would also serve as long term storage of agricultural i~bms th'at 3.. are used for Green Valley Green House's business (located across the street fro~:_)the~ subject property). Mr. Wolf is employed by Green Valley Green House and is propgs~g.':,t0~ provide longer term storage of agricultural items that Green Valley Green House will buy-in b'Ulf: ,These items include potting soil, pots, planting trays etc. Green Valley Greenhouie~.employe%'i~0uld access the accessory structure on Mr. Wolf's property on an average of a-'c6uple times a n5~ Constructing a 40'x 96' (3,840 square foot) accessory structure on the-subject'proPerty will resuti-. in a total of 7,824 square feet of accessory structure space on the. Pr0P~rty. Th/S would City Code accessory structure restrictions by 2,160 square feet.~ ~ Ci~ has,granted conditional use permits in the past for accessory structure square footage~!Overages. Fi:Om 1997 to 2001 the City has granted approximately 13 conditional use permitsf6-~accessour'structure square footage"ii:!i7 overages. The Planning Commission met on September 1:0, 200I to review the conditional use permit request and held a public hearing. There waS:'no Citizen input.dmdn~ lhe public hearing. The Planning Commission recommended that the Ci~ coun6~_-deny.~li~ COl:iditional use permit request. Their recommendation for denial is based on the opini6n that if this structure is supposed to provide warehouse space for Green Valley Greenhouse,.then the structure should be built on the same complex as the Green Valley Greenhouse (south side O~Qre~n-~atley Road). Councilmember Zimmerman stated th~{':'the'City has been somewha{~ 'lenient on granting overages in the past, howeverthis particular requ6sf.has't~o different f~Cets. One is the overage of buildings, and the second is that the use is for a business. ' .~-:' Community Development Director Frolik replied t~at that Was-true, but the type of building qualifies as an agricultural use. CouncilmemberKurak read MN State Buildi~tgEodepertaining to agriculture land. She did not see where:there would be any problem with le~icg,out the extra space for agricultural use. In regards-to the overages the City has granted many: overages. She was comfortable with allowing the overages for use by Green Valley Greenhouie because it is an agricultural business. Councilmember Hendriksen inquired as fo what the agricultural items are that will be stored in . '. the building. - - Mr. Wolfrepl~ied soil, pots; et~; 2- Councilmember Hendriksen stated that the State Building Code pertaining to agricultural land pertains to leasing their own property not a use by another entity. He inquired as to what would _~.: _ happen if Cub. Foods. wanted-to store things in the building. · ' Councilmember Kurak replied that that would not be included as an agriculture use. City Attorney Goodrich noted that if Cub Foods was in the business of trees, snubs, etc. they could' use the building. -34- City Council/September 25, 2001 Page 20 of 31 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I !