Resolution - #21-219 - 11/09/2021

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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 three rows and an area of screened parking for repair vehicles in exchange for eliminating other double and higher density parking located on the Highway 10 frontage side of 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 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 tenant on the Subject Property. 11. That the Subject Property also contains Hirschfield's Inc., Contractor Center and Mini Regional Warehouse, Top Ten Industries, and the tri-plex; businesses not included in this CUP. Any expansion or permits necessary for Hirschfield's shall be considered as a separate application if required. 12. That the tenant, Top Ten Industries, is an operations management business that the Applicant states has been on the Subject Property for 30 years. Top Ten Industries stores five (5) trailers, three (3) trucks, one (1) bobcat, and five (5) storage containers at the Subject Property. 13. That the Applicant shall remove the outdoor storage by the December 31, 2021. Outdoor storage items include five (5) 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 the Applicant has applied for a Zoning Permit for a 6-foot chain link fence for screening of the rear parking area. The fence will include an opaque screening material on the chain link. 16. That vehicles displayed for sale, or those that have been detailed, shall be restricted to bituminous or concrete surfaces only in the designated areas shown in Exhibit A. RESOLUTION #21-219 Page 2 of 6