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I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br />,I <br /> I <br /> <br /> CASE <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR OUTDOOR <br />STORAGE IN THE BW BUSINESS WAREHOUSE DISTRICT; <br /> CASE OF TOM SAUTER <br /> By: Megan Wald, Associate Planner <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Tom Sauter is requesting a conditional use permit to exceed outdoor storage restrictions established <br />in the BW - Business Warehouse District on the property located at 6651 141~ Avenue also known <br />as Lot 1, Block 1, Gateway North Industrial Park #5. ~ <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your review: <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br /> <br />d) <br />e) <br />f) <br /> <br />Site location map <br />Extfibit A, outlining proposed.outdOor storage area <br />Background information regarding the conditional use permit request <br />submitted by the Applicant <br />Information regarding H&L Mesabi Company <br />Proposed Findings of Fact <br />Proposed Conditional Use Permit <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />State law requires notification to properties within 350 feet of the boundaries of the subject property <br />and property owners within that radius were notified. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />Tom Sauter constructed a 55,140 square foot multi-tenant building in the year 2001. Tom Sauter <br />operates his excavating business, T&G Land Company, fi.om his multi-tenant building and utilize~ <br />a significant amount of the permitted outside storage area on the subject property due to the nature <br />of his business. <br /> <br />The company H&L Mesabi is interested in locating in the City of Ramsey and occupying one of <br />Tom Sauter's remaining vacant units. H&L Mesabi Company is a distributor and servicer for large <br />equipment (i.e. snow P!ow blades, cutting edges) and therefore will require a significant amount of <br />outside storage area. <br /> <br />The subject property is approximately 11 acres in size. City Code states that in the BW - Business <br />Warehouse District, outdoor storage is restricted to 10% of the site area, in this case, outdoor storage <br />would be restricted to 1.12 acres. The Applicant would like to utilize 31% of the subject property <br />for outside storage purposes, which, equates to approximately 3.5 acres of the total 11' acre site. The <br />outside storage area would be restricted to the area outlined in Exhibit A (see attached). The area <br />identified in Exhibit A is currently surfaced with an aggregate mixture similar to Class V. <br /> <br />Staff [s recommending that additional landscaping be added along the northern boundary line in <br />order to provide additional screening of the outside storage area from the neighboring property. <br /> <br />5¸1 <br /> <br /> <br />