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Case #3: Public Hearing - Request for Interim Use Permit to Allow for Outdoor Storage on an Unimproved Surface in the R-1 Residential District; Case of RV World Inc. Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 8:23 p.m. in order to call the public hearing to order. Public Hearine Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 8:23 p.m. Presentation Assistant Community Development Director Frolik stated RV World, Inc. has submitted an application for an Interim Use Permit to allow for outdoor storage of surplus Recreational Vel'ficles (RVs) and travel trailers on an unimproved surface on the property located at 14453 Llama St NW. She explained in March of 2006, the City was alerted to the fact that RVs and travel trailers were being stored on an unimproved surface on a parcel south of Riverdale Dr. After an in/rial inspection, staffcontacted RV World, Inc. to inform them that the RVs and travel trailers being stored off-site were in violation of City Code. RV World was informed that the surplus RVs and travel trailers needed to be removed from this site and relocated to RV World's existing property on Highway 10 or apply for an interim use permit, which, if approved, would allow for the outdoor storage to continue for a specified period of time. Ms. Frolik explained B & A Cylinder received an imerim use permit each of the past two years that allowed for outdoor storage of RVs and/or travel trailers as a secondary principal use on a property that was zoned E- l Employment District. The RVs and/or travel trailers that were being stored at that site were the property of RV World, Inc. Both of those permits allowed for the storage of up 70 RVs and/or travel milers on an unimproved surface. Assistant Community Development Director Frolik stated the site where the RVs and travel trailers are currently stored is about 40 acres and is relatively secluded. The RVs and travel trailers are situated between a greenhouse and old garage that provide at least partial screening and there is also a line of trees along the northern property that screens them somewhat as well. However, the property is zoned R-1 Residential and there are no provisions in this district that allow for outdoor storage of this type, as there were for the previous requests on the B & A Cylinder property. Assistant Community Development Director Frolik advised several factors must be considered regarding this request. First, while the site of the RVs and travel trailers is more secluded than in past instances, the property is zoned R-1 Residential. Off-street parking regulations pertaining to motor vehicles and/or equipment on residentially zoned parcels prohibit parking them on a parcel unless they are owned or leased by a person residing on the property or owned or leased by the employer of a person residing on the property. Neither of which is occurring with this request. Ms. Frolik stated secondly, interim use permits, by definition, are limited to a maximum timeframe of five years. While this is the first interim use permit request by RV World, Inc., as well as the first request for this particular property, the interim use permits issued to B & A Cylinder were, for all intents and purposes, obtained for RV World. This raises the question of -201-