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<br />Although there is minimal existing parking area, the applicants propose to pave a <br />portion of their lot to accommodate customer and employee parking. While the <br />City Code requirement for open sales and display results in a need for 22 parking <br />spaces, Staff feels this is excessive, and would suggest fewer spaces on the site, <br />depending on the number of employees and customers the tenant anticipates. <br /> <br />2) Sales area is surfaced with asphalt or concrete material to control dust. <br />Currently, only a small portion of the lot is paved. City Code requires, as a term of <br />the conditional use permit, that all outdoor display, storage and parking areas are <br />paved to City standards (with 6/12 continuous concrete curbing) in accordance <br />with this requirement. It is Staff s understanding that the applicant seeks to pave <br />the area over time. The applicant is also requesting that Rain for Rent be allowed <br />to move onto the property prior to the paving being completed. <br /> <br />3) The Provisions of 9.03. 05 subd 4 g are considered and satisfactorily met. <br />These provisions are those set forth in the proposed Findings of Fact. <br /> <br />Associate Planner Daines advised staff recommends approval of the conditional use permit, <br />contingent upon the following items: <br />1) Paving to City standards (with 6/12 continuous concrete curbing) the portion of the <br />property where vehicles and heavy equipment will be maneuvered, stored, or parked in <br />accordance with City Code. Staff recommends re-Iocating the proposed display/storage <br />area to the middle of the property to provide some buffering between the equipment and <br />adjacent properties. A paving plan must be submitted and approved by the City Engineer. <br />2) Appropriate screening of the property through the installation of a landscaped buffer area <br />between the outdoor display/storage area and adjacent property owners. There are many <br />newer industrial buildings and parks adjacent to this property, and the proposed use, <br />while generally acceptable, does include much more outside storage than neighboring <br />businesses. Also, the nature of the business relies on heavy equipment that may be <br />unsightly to the traffic and townhome development on the north side of Bunker Lake <br />Boulevard. <br /> <br />Associate Planner Daines advised staff requests a revised site plan addressing site layout, <br />pavement phasing, and screening. <br /> <br />Citizen Input <br /> <br />Mr. Rick Burnham, applicant, stated Brothers Properties was approached by a renter with what <br />they think would be a better use for the property. The user does not sell anything so there would <br />not be any public comings and goings. Their equipment, which is like the pumps used for <br />dewatering, is usually delivered; it is not equipment that people can pick up and is usually gone <br />for about two to three months or longer. The traffic would be cut down quite a bit from the <br />current use of this site. <br /> <br />A Regional Branch Manager of Rain for Rent, stated typically with their operations they have the <br />equipment in the yard and move it from job site to job site. They would bring that equipment in <br /> <br />Planning Commission/April 5, 2007 <br />Page 3 of 22 <br />