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REQUES OPERATE Background: Self-service stor~ FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH AND SELF.SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY IN THE B-3 HIGHWAY USINESS DISTRICT; CASE OF WILLIAM DUBATS By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik tge facilities are not a specifically permitted use in the B-3 Highway Business District. Accordingly, William Dubats has applied for a conditional use permit to establish and operate self-servil:e storage facilities on Lot 3, Block 3, Riverside West. Observations: This developmem would be an expansion of the self-service storage facilities existing on Lots 1 and 2 of R/versid~ West, for which conditional use permits were issued in 1986 and 1987. The property to the north and east is zoned B-3 Highway Business; the property to the south and west is zoned re_~idential. In accordance with City Code, the applicant will be providing tree screening 'along ~e south and east property lines. Two out of ever), 3 trees will be Pine or Spruce to provide year ~ound screening. The property is ia the Critical River Overlay District and is reswicted to a 30% impervious surface area which includes Structures and pavement. The intent of this restriction is to prevent pollution of the Mississipp~ Rive, r by significantlv restricting the surface area runoff in the Critical River Corridor. Mr. ~ubats site plan propc[ses approximately 88% impervious surface area. The applicant applied~for a variance and the Board of Adjustment approved the variance on the basis that the apphcant~comn-ntted to reducing the surface area runoff from the development to a rate equivalent to tha} of a 30% impervious surface area development. The variance will not be effective unless cgrtified by DNR. Documents relating to the ~anting of the variance are being forwarded to DNI~ for certification. The Planning Co~ma/ssion conducted a pubhc hearing on March 3, 1994 regarding the conditional use permit ~d thee were no verbal comments subrmtted. The Ci~, clid receive a letter from Ten'y and Tara Goodwig, occupants of the adjacent residential parcel to the south, stating their support of the request. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Sits location map b) Sit~ plan and supporting documentation c) Letter from Terry and Tara Goodwin received by the City on 2/23/94 in support of the~request d) PrOposed £mdings of fact cond/rional permit e) Pr~osed use Recommendatit3n: City Staff and th* Planning Commission recommend approval of the conditional use permit contingent upon c~rnflcatmn of the variance by DNR.