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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231.2555 Facsimile: 763.231.2561 planners@nacpla nning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: April 30, 2009 RE: Little Canada -Temo Sunrooms PUD Amendment FILE NO: 758.09 - 09.09 Background and Analvsis Temo Sunrooms is seeking an amendment to its PUD permit to allow the construction of an attached garbage enclosure on the north west side of the building. The applicant received PUD Permit amendments in 2007 and 2008, however the improvements in those approvals were not all completed. Moreover, the applicant had been subject to code enforcement issues related to outdoor storage that had not been part of the approvals. A part of the previous approvals included the construction of a garage/storage building at the western edge of the property, replacing the existing garbage enclosure in that location. The applicant had, at the time, been storing materials in the garbage enclosure, and storing dumpsters outside in the parking area. The applicant has been working with City staff to clean up the code violations over the past several months. The current request is to provide a new garbage enclosure attached to the building, leaving the current structure available for storage, with the understanding that it would eventually be replaced by the larger garage building that was previously approved, but not yet built. The proposed enclosure measures nine feet by 10 feet, constructed of concrete block, with a gate that would open to the parking/drive access to the west. The principal building is 21.3 feet from the north property line. Construction of the enclosure as proposed would result in a side setback of between 11 and 12 feet, depending upon the orientation of the enclosure. The property is zoned PUD, and the City has typically applied I-P, Industrial Park zoning standards to the buildings in this area. In that zoning district, the side yard setback is 15 feet. As such, the current proposal is seeking flexibility under the PUD to allow a lesser