Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/03/1994

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CASE REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A HOME OCCUPATION; CASE OF DIANE DEMPSEY By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: Diane Dempsey, a soon to be resident of 14794 Krypton Court N.W., has applied for a conditional use permit for a home occupation. Diane would like to transfer her porcelain doll-making classes from her home in Maple Grove to her new home in Ramsey. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) f) Site location map Applicants letter of application Site plan Floor plan Proposed findings of fact Proposed conditional use permit Observations: In accordance with the City's regulations for home occupations, the area devoted to the business would not exceed 20% of the total floor area of the home. The employees would be restricted to the residents of the home. The driveway is marginally large enough to provide a sufficient amount of off-street parking for the students. In order to avoid the need for on-street parking, Diane indicates in her letter of application that she would restrict the class size to 6 students and many of the students would continue to car pool. At this time, she is proposing 4, 2.5~hour classes, 3 evenings and 1 afternoon, per week. It should be noted that Diane's home is the first to be developed on Krypton Court N.W. Therefore, her future neighbors will not have had the opportunity to comment on the request for a home occupation as the hearing notices were mailed to the developer of Wood Pond Hills 3rd Addition, the current owner of the surrounding parcels. Recommendation: In lieu of the site location being an urban size lot in the Urban Residential District, and in lieu of the absence of neighbors to comment on the request, City Staff is recommending that an interim use permit be granted to accommodate the classes for approximately one year after Diane takes occupancy of the home. At the end of one year, the classes should be relocated to an appropriate commercial location or Diane should request converting the interim use permit to a conditional use permit. City consideration to convert the interim use permit to a conditional use permit would require a new public hearing by the Planning Commission and a decision of the City Council. Commission Action: Motion to: Recommend that City Council adopt Resolution #94-05- adopting Findings of Fact # relating to a request for a home occupation permit at 14794 Krypton Court N.W. -and-