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CASE ;, REOUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR AN OUTS~DI~ DISPLAY AREA; CASE OF DALLES R.V. WORLD, INC. " By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik # 2 Background:, Mr. Dalles No to 7103 Hwy. q Highway Busi: However, a ¢c outside displa2 permit request are enclosed fi rO3ann of Dalles R.V. World is proposing to relocate from 7129 Hwy. #10 N.W. 10 N.w. The subject property is approximately 1.5 acres in size and is zoned B-3 ~lcs~;! Recreational equipment sales is a permitted use in the B-3 Business District. ndi.:t!onal use permit is required if a permitted use in the B-3 District includes an /s,~ll~s area. Mr. Notermann has submitted a site plan with his conditional use h!~h proposes to have 50 vehicles in the outside display area. The following items i' ybur information: a) Site ilocation map b) !Siteiplan c) '~PrQposed findings of fact d) [PrOposed conditional use permit Observations: . The applicant ~ PJ'0posing to display 50 vehicles on the site, 4 of which would be parked parallel to the drivewa~ ~a and 4 across the front of the property. I would suggest that the number of vehicles all0w~,d ~.r display be reduced to 44 by eliminating the 4 display pads adjacent to the driveway and ~e, cldoing the number allowed for display in the front yard from 4 to 2. The applicant feels very stro~gl~ [about keeping the vehicle display area adjacent to the driveway as it increases the number ofl~Tehicles that will have visibility from Hwy. #10 and provides screening from the business to th'~ ~$t. Staffs opinion is that it will be obvious to the public that this is an R.V. dealer and rePl0¢iOg the vehicle display area adjacent to the driveway with landscaping will provide screening frorrt, th~ ~usiness to the west and make the business more inviting to the public. It was suggested to th~,. a~plicant that the vehicles displayed in the front yard, whatever number is decided upon, be done[so ~tt a landscaped setting to create an R.V. park atmosphere. It is the applicants intent to earty [th~bhgh with landscaping for park affects in the larger vehicle display area on the east side of the!Prbp~rty. Because the cons ~t~_ction season is ending, any hardsurface improvements would not be possible this year. The 7kpplicant is hoping to negotiate a 2-phase plan for site improvements whereby the front yard dispiay;~ea would be landscaped and the driveway, customer/employee parking area, and the 4-vehi~e'~ysplay area adjacent to the driveway would be paved in 1993; the display area on the east side o~ tl~!property would be paved and landscaped to create a park like atmosphere in 1994. No curb!ng,§as been proposed and should be required on the pavement perimeters. It was pointed °ut.i to the applicant that the vehicle parking areas shown on the site plan as 48, 49 and 50 must aI~o be paved. The vehicles that are proposed to be parked in this area are those that would be take~ ~s[; trade-ins and this would be a holding area until they are cleaned up and transferred t° t~e [agger vehicle display area. This means that these vehicles would th,,en be driven into the building for cleaning. That means that the area shown on the site plan as gravel" is a maneuvering ai-ea~a~nd code requires these areas also be paved. It was suggested to the applicant that he could s~tve~,~me asphalt expenses by expandi,ng the blacktop proposed on the south side of the building to[acCOmmodate these 3 additional R.V. s; then the balance of the area south to where 48, 49 and 50 ~er~ ~onglnally proposed to be parked could be established w~th turf and landscape materials for additional screening from the adjacent business.