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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 23, 2017 rental outdoor storage is not provided for in any PUD or other commercial zoning districts. She stated that Mr. Schwalbach purchased this property from the City in 2015 and applied for an Interim Use Permit to allow for non -occupant of the building outdoor storage, but the request was amended at the City Council meeting and Mr. Schwalbach indicated that the building would be multi -tenant and the outdoor storage area would be used solely by tenants leasing building space. The Associate Planner stated that in 2008, one of the property owners in the industrial area asked to be able to lease outdoor storage space to Q3, who is another Little Canada industrial business, and this request created a Code amendment to allow an Interim Use Permit for outdoor storage to non -building tenants up to five years. She noted that a few property owners have taken advantage of an Interim Use Permit. The Associate Planner reported that Staff met with the applicants after the Planning Commission meeting to see if there were other options they would be agreeable to, and they have since submitted an amended request. She stated that Staff originally did not recommend approval of the PUD amendment based on past Council discussions, but since the applicant has made changes to their request, Staff is looking for direction from the Council if code amendments should be drafted. She reported that Staff suggested possibly going back to an Interim Use Permit that expires annually, limiting the number of non -building occupants allowed, or establishing a verification process of business residency through utility billing. She noted that the applicant's amended request states they would still follow I-1 and I -P zoning regulations and Interim Use Permit regulations for outdoor storage, limit outdoor storage usage to two non - building occupants, and if a tenant is renting at least 25% of building, they could rent as much of the outdoor storage area as available. McGraw stated that the Council had a number of meetings with the industrial property owners several years ago and finally came to some agreements, which he feels were good, and he does not want to open this up again without discussion at a workshop. Fischer stated that he believes this particular applicant would do a good job managing the outdoor storage, but code amendments would open it up to everyone and he does not believe that all property owners will manage the outdoor storage as well, and stated that he would need to be convinced in order to open this up again. Torkelson stated that he understands this situation shows the restrictions of the City Code, but he is not willing to support changes to the outdoor storage code without more discussion. Keis stated that he cannot support these changes without some very good reasons. 5