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6. The motor vehicle sales and repair use are lawful, nonconforming use on the Subject Property and that expansion of a lawful, nonconforming use requires a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). 7. That the City and the Property Owner seek to agree on the status and limits of the Lawful, Nonconforming Use on the Subject Property in order to provide certain protections to said use for the Property Owner and the City, and allowing for easier enforcement of current Code Standards. 8. That the Applicant has submitted a site plan expanding the parking from a single row of parking in the rear property to two rows and an area of screened parking for repair vehicles on the Subject Property. The site plan is shown in Exhibit A. 9. That Ramsey City Code Section 117-120, regarding the H-1: Highway 10 Business District, requires all parking and pavement (including maneuvering, sales, and display areas) be setback from the street right-of-way a distance of at least twenty (20) feet. 10. That the Applicant currently has five (5) auto sales tenants and one (1) auto body repair and auto sales tenant on the Subject Property. The Applicant is proposing to increase number of tenants to nine (9) auto sales tenants, and one (1) auto body repair and auto sales tenant on the Subject Property; a total of 10 auto sales tenants. 11. That the Subject Property also contains Hirschfield's Inc., Contractor Center and Mini Regional Warehouse, Top Ten Industries, and the tri-plex; Top Ten Industries is not counted as an auto service tenant for this CUP but is a current tenant of the Subject Property. Any expansion or permits necessary for Hirschfield's Inc., Contractor Center and Mini Regional Warehouse, Top Ten Industries, and the tri-plex shall be considered as a separate application ifrequired. 12. That the tenant, Top Ten Industries, is an operations and management business that the Applicant states has been located at the Subject Property for 30 years and is owned and operated by the Applicant. Top Ten Industries currently utilizes five (5) trailers, three (3) trucks, one (1) bobcat in its operations that are kept at the premises and stores five (5) 20' storage containers at the Subject Property. There is no Business Registration Certificate of this business at this location as it predates City Ordinance 26-63, requiring all businesses to obtain a business registration certificate. 13. That the Applicant shall remove the outdoor storage on or before December 31, 2021. Outdoor storage items include the five (5) 20' storage containers. 14. That City Code Section 117-356 (Commercial and Industrial Development Off -Street Parking) requires one (1) dedicated customer parking space for every ten (10) vehicles displayed; three (3) dedicated customer parking spaces for each enclosed bay; and one (1) dedicated parking space for each full-time employee. 15. That Minnesota Statute 2400.2820 requires 1.5 spaces for one to two-family dwellings or one (1) space per multi -family dwellings. RESOLUTION #21-219 Page 2 of 7