06-11-09 Planning Comm. Agenda - Laserfiche WebLink

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1. The activity of outdoor storage shall require a separate business license issued by the City of Little Canada. The applicant will have to obtain this license given their industrial use (effective 7/1/10). 2. The storage area in question occupies an area no greater Than sixty percent (60%) of the gross square footage of the subject parcel. The outdoor storage areas proposed comprise of approximately less than 10% of the site, in compliance with t/ae regulation. 3. The storage area shall not occupy any portion of the yard between the front building line and the adjoining public sheet, or the side building line and public street on a corner lot. Tlais property is a corner parcel on Country and Ryan Drive. City staff is considering Ryan Drive as the front yard of the parcel The applicant is propositzg to allow additional outdoor storage that would occur in front of the front building line on both the principal and accessory building. Given the recent review of the I-1 zoning code and the industrial districts, city staff believes this is not consistent with the intent of this area. City staff recommends denial of the additional storage requested. 4. The storage is utilized solely by those tenants of the principal building in an amount proportionate to each tenant's occupancy of said principal building. Only tenants of the building are identified as potential users of the outdoor storage areas. However, Visions Tree Service has trucks, equipment, and tree material stored on the site. Their storage is tzot part of this application. City staff has confirmed with the owner that at this time Vision Tree Services floes not occupy any space within the principal building. Their use is strictly rental of outdoor storage. City staff recommends t/cat their storage be to within the accessory building or removed from the property within 60 days. City staff does not recommend approval of outdoor storage for nonusers of t/ae building. The property owner has indicated that Vision Tree Services may start to rent a sma[6 office space within the principal building. Tl:e owner has been i~nformerl thnl with this permit the outdoor storage is not tied to a specific user, but divided up proportionately to each tenants occupancy with the principal building. If Vision Tree Services does acquire office space, their storage under this permit would comply subject to the proportional allotments. 5. 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. T/te applicant does not specify what type of equipment or material will be stored on the property other than that it is for a roofing and asphalt company. During a recent site inspection the roofing equipment tlitl appenr to comply, but the materials did not. City staff is requesting more detail from the applicant on what the tenants will be storing antl how it will be stored to ensure compliance with the code.