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CITY OF RAMSEY LAND USE APPLICATION TECHNICAL REVIEW FILE DATE 2.28.14 REVISED 3.21.14 PROJECT ADDRESS 7850 RIVERDALE DR NW PROJECT. TITLE JOHN BUZICK- CUP FOR MOTOR VEHICLES SALES ESCROW # 114011 DEPARTMENT: Planning TECHNICAL REVIEWER: Name: Tina Goodroad Phone: 651-967-4537 Email: tina.goodroad@stantec.com We offer the following comments regarding your request for a conditional use permit. General: The request is for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to operate a small business "incubator" used car dealer office where individual dealers are provided office space and up to three (3) car stalls on the lot for display to operate their own individual business. The proposal is identical to what you are currently operating on the adjacent property at 7820 Riverdale Drive, which was granted a Conditional Use Permit in 2013; however, this proposal will not include any detailing of vehicles on site. The request is to conduct motor vehicle sales in the existing multi - tenant office condo building at 7850 Riverdale Drive NW (the "Subject Property"). Zoning: The Subject Property is zoned B-2 Highway Business District. The intent of this district is to provide for and limit the establishment of motor vehicle oriented or dependent businesses and convenience - type, high intensity commercial and service activities characteristically located along major traffic carriers. The B-2 Highway Business District allows motor vehicle, implement and recreation equipment sales and services as a conditional use. Site Plan: The intent is to use the existing multi -tenant office building, Riverview Suites, for the proposed motor vehicles sales (individual offices). It is Staff's understanding that you will be purchasing four (4) of the five (5) business condo units on the Subject Property should the Conditional Use Permit be approved. These units will be leased out to individual motor vehicles sales dealers. Initially, seven (7) dealer offices will be offered (within Suite 1), each consisting of approximately 110 square feet. A floor plan has been provided that indicates the location for the first seven (7) offices as well as an additional sixteen (16) offices, once additional parking is available, for a total of twenty-three (23) individual offices related to motor vehicle sales. The floor plan indicates that each tenant space will have its own entrance from the exterior of the building. Please note that a Building Permit will be required for the building modifications (installation of exterior entrances). Parking: The Subject Property has forty-one (41) parking stalls located south and east of the multi -tenant building. The existing building has one condo occupied unrelated to the proposed use and per association by-laws, that existing business (Chiropractor) has access to eight (8)