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7.01: Public Hearing: Consider Request for a Home Occupation Permit at 6131 Green Valley Road NW(Project No. 22-118); Case of I Hill Container Company is i: t) Public Hearin Chairperson Bauer called the public hearing to order at 7:05 p.m. 3 is Presentation : CityPlanner McCann presented the staff report stating that staff recommends that the Commission =- recommend denial of the requested Home Occupation Permit. The proposal exceeds the standards set in ordinance#22--06 regarding allowed number of employees and the"dispatch center"nature of the business. Commissioner walker asked the definition of dispatch center by the City. City Planner McCann reviewed the definition within City Code. Commissioner walker stated that at the last meetinga home Occupation Permmi p t was approved for � a food truck and asked how that would be different than this box truck leaving the site to make �y deliveries. City Planner McCann replied that the proposed items for the food truck would be stored inside whereas these items would be stored outside. He stated that the food truck would leave the site Friday and return on Sunday(two round trips per week),whereas this request would generate many more daily trips. . Senior Planner Anderson stated that in the case of the food truck, everyone resides onsite whereas with this request there would be employees that do not live onsite coming to the site to transport g p materials offsite. I- Citizen In of Jeff Hillman, applicant, stated that the use of dispatch center seems weird to him as it is not used F' as a dispatch center but is used as more of a warehouse. He commented that there is not a business beingrun out of the site at this time but there are boxes and raw materials s ' Cored onsite. He stated that his driver drops off or picks up items to bring to the other location in Elk River. He stated that he has had his company for over 15 years and has been able to company row the from a small g p y part-time business in a small garage to a full-time business. He commented that it is a difficult business to grow,which is maybe why it is not that familiar. He stated that this was ideal property because of the space. He stated that the business is not operating out of the site, but he does store overflow material on the property. He commented that he is unfamiliarprocess with the of the application and therefore projected ected future growth on the application. He stated that currently there is one full--time employee but, on the application, he checked u to four as perhaps he would need I p p p more employees in the future. He stated that when he purchased the property from the previous owner, the seller stated that his desire was to sell the property to a small business owner and Planning Commission/April 28,2022 '= Page 3 of 20