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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. __________________________________________________________________ 4150 Olson Memorial Highway, Ste. 320, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.957.1100 Website: www.nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Mayor and City Council Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman, Consulting Planner DATE: September 5, 2019 RE: Little Canada – Interim Use Permit for Temporary Classroom Finishing Trades Institute NAC FILE NO: 758.09 – 19.01 ADDRESS: 3205 Country Drive PID: 31-30-22-34-0019 Background The Finishing Trades Institute, a training program located in the District 82 “Painters Union” building at 3205 Country Drive, is seeking approval to locate a temporary classroom on the property to the south or southeast of the current building. The classroom building would be located within the existing parking lot area for a period of up to three years. The applicant indicates that up to 40 students would occupy the building, during daytime hours, Monday through Friday. The site is zoned “PUD”, Planned Unit Development, and was a part of the PUD rezoning that established allowed uses and limitations on the adjoining Drywall Supply property, now occupied by Pallet Service Corporation. The primary purpose of the PUD zoning district for this site was to manage the subdivision and redevelopment of the property as it transitioned from a single user lumber yard to a subdivided multiple occupancy property. Under the PUD, all businesses utilize a common access driveway from Country Drive, but are otherwise independent sites. When the PUD was adopted, there was a rezoning ordinance that established the PUD zoning district, but referenced the land use plan in the City’s Comprehensive Plan – primarily office, warehouse, and industrial uses in this area. The PUD is governed by