Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/05/1993

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CASE REQUEST~ FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH A TOWING SERVI(~E WITH IMPOUND LOT AND AUTO REPAIR FACILITY IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; CASE OF CHAMPLIN TOWING By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: Champlin TOwing is requesting a conditional use permit to establish a towing service with impound lot ahd an auto repair facility at 15300 Sunfish Lake Blvd. N.W. The subject property is zoned Indus~al and towing services and auto repair facilities are not a permitted use in that district. The following items are enclosed for your review: a) , Site location map b) r Site plan c) Proposed findings of fact d) : Proposed conditional use permit Observations: The subject site is the former D.J. Furnace Cleaning facility and all structures and pavement currently exis~ on the site. The towing setrvice will include an impound lot. City Code states that outside storage is permitted in the Industrial District provided the area is surfaced to control dust. The selected location for the impound loti$ paved. In conversations with Anoka County Environmental Services, City Staff has determined that all fluid residue from the vehicles must be contained on site and at a minimum, the pavement i~ the impound lot should be sealed to make it an impermeable surface. A portion of file site is also fenced. The applicant is proposing to fence in the balance of the site so that the impohnd lot will be completely contained and separated from the front offices and customer/empI~oyee parking area. City Code requires that thc impound lot be screened from neighboring uses and thc residential district on the ieast side of Sunfish Lake Blvd. N.W. Staff is recommending that wherever chain ls~ used, a tree screening also be established. However, the east fence line is visible link fencing ' r- from Sunfish L.' ake Blvd. N.W. and Staff is recommending that it consist of an eight (8) foot wood privacy fence.! In addition, the impound lot is at a lower grade than Sunfish Lake Blvd. and therefore Staff[is recommending that a tree screen also be established along the east fence line to intensify the affect of screening from a height standpoint. The applicant has stated that if the Building Code does not require major changes to the structures based on type of occupancy, there is the potential to lease the garage on the site to an auto repair business and the shop to a cabinet maker. The cabinet maker is a permitted use on the property but the auto repair~/s not, and consequently the conditional use permit would also have to address that use.