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E. Major Automobile Repair, provided that: 1. The activity of outdoor storage shall require a separate business license issued by the City of Little Canada. The current outdoor storage license for 53 Woodlynn Avenue is issued through June 30, 2020. The property owners are responsible for renewing an outdoor storage licenses. 2. The storage area in question occupies an area no greater than sixty (60) percent of the gross square footage of the subject parcel. Using Ramsey County GIS records, city staff has verified that the lot size is 78,582 square feet (1.8 acres). Under the 60% provision, the outdoor storage could not exceed 47,149 square feet of area. There is only approximately 27,800 square feet of area available to use for outdoor storage on this parcel. 3. The storage area shall not occupy any portion of the yard between the front building line and the adjoining public street, or the side building line and public street on a corner lot. The storage area would be entirely behind the front building line. There are 1 ½ parking spaces in front of the building line that should not be used as part of the storage area. 4. The outdoor storage is utilized solely by those tenants of the principal building. Vehitech would currently be the sole tenant of the building and the outdoor storage area would be utilized only by their business. If/when future tenants move in, the outdoor storage requirements would be enforced. 5. In a multi-tenant building, if one tenant does not have a need for outdoor storage, then the Property Owner may allocate additional outdoor storage area to another tenant of the building only if that tenant occupies more than 25% of the building. Not applicable at this time, but would be followed if this becomes a multi-tenant building. 6. The outdoor storage of equipment or materials, as defined by this Ordinance, must be capable of moving under its own power, stored on a trailer, stored within weather-proof containers, or other storage arrangements as approved by the City Council. Storage of any material directly on the ground when the dimensions of such item are less than three (3) feet in width, length, and height, shall be prohibited wherever the City Council determines that reasonable alternatives exist consistent with this section. The applicant has indicated that outdoor storage will consist of 15-20 customers vehicles (that are operable) and two metal tire cages to store used tires. Vehicles that are being worked on will be inside the building. There is only space for parking along the west side of the property and some space in the rear, but this is limited with the need to access the rear overhead doors. The applicant is aware that if this space is used for outdoor storage, they are required to maintain the fire access lines as required below in item #8.