Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/25/2024

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Councilmember introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #24-202 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL AND SELF -STORAGE FACILITIES FOR U-HAUL AT 8725 RIVERDALE DRIVE NW RECITALS 1. Amerco Real Estate Company, doing business as U-Haul and hereafter referred to as the "Permittee", has properly applied for a Conditional Use Permit to construct and operate a motor vehicle rental business and self -storage facilities, as defined per City Code Section 106-521 on the property generally known as 8725 Riverdale Drive NW and legally described as: Lot 1, Block 1, Donna Farms, Anoka County, Minnesota (the `Subject Property'); 2. That the Subject Property is zoned B-3, Regional Business District, and is approximately 8.73 acres in size. 3. That the parcel to the east of the Subject Property is also zoned B-3, Regional Business District, while the parcel to the west is zoned B-2, Community Business District, parcels to the south (across Riverdale Drive) are zoned R-1C, Single -Family Residential District. 4. That the Subject Property is guided as Commercial in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. 5. That Motor Vehicle Rental and Self -Storage Facilities are listed as Conditional Uses per City Code Section 106-521 (Principal Uses). 6. That City Code Section 106-525 specifies that self -storage facilities may be permitted to have multiple buildings on the same property, and the architectural design of all buildings must be coordinated. 7. That the Permittee has submitted a Site Plan, designed by Demarc Land Surveying & Engineering and dated July 17, 2024, depicting the location of the following structures and site improvements: an approximately 37,728 square foot building on the west side of the lot to be used for climate -controlled self -storage, equipment dispatch and receiving, and retail sales; an approximately 11,088 square foot building on the east side of the lot to be used for pod -style self -storage; five buildings, each measuring approximately 4,414 square feet, along the north side of the lot to be used for garage -style self -storage; an approximately 1,000 square foot canopy structure for equipment rental return and check -in operations; 12 parking stalls for customers and employees; 17 parking stalls for rental trucks and trailers; and other site improvements. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. That the equipment rental operations and self -storage facilities will not be unduly dangerous or detrimental to persons residing or working in the vicinity of the use or to the public welfare.