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amendment. This application was made by the applicants the day they were to appear in court for the jury trial on a couple of our citations. In reviewing the application city staff feels there are two options for proceeding with this property - I) Denial of the entire application based on the amended application does not comply with current code requirements. The main objective of the amendment is to allow additional storage along Ryan Drive and all of that additional storage extends past the front building line. Given the recent revisions to the I-1 zoning code, this is not consistent with the intent of the ordinance requirements. In this case, staff would than require the parcel be brought into compliance with their current PUD permit within 90 days. If at the end of the 90 days this site is not in compliance, city staff will recommend we proceed with processing the revocation of the PUD permit. The following are current violations - Vision Tree Services and Minnesota Asphalt are not approved for outdoor storage. Minnesota Asphalt does have office space within the principal building, but Vision Tree Services does not. Under the original PUD permit the outdoor storage was specific to allow for roofing equipment and materials, plus elech•ical supplies. e Outdoor storage is limited to both sides along the principal building and accessory building. No storage can occur past the front line of either building. Wood screening has not been installed. Service doors have not been installed on the accessory building to screen the storage inside. e The 24 required parking spaces have not been established (curbing, paving, and striping). Outdoor storage is not being maintained in a neat and orderly fashion. Junk/Debris exists on the site. o Off-Site Parking is occurring on this parcel with employee vehicles from another property owner in Ryan Industrial Park onto the 3151 Country Drive property without a joint use parking permit being issued. m Also subject to Outdoor Storage License effective 7/1/10. 2) Recommend denial for portions of the amendment, but have the applicant bring the entire site into compliance with current zoning code standards. The reason for this option is that back in 2000 when permits were being issued for properties in the Ryan Industrial Park, the standards were not as detailed as they are now after the City's recent review of the I-1 zoning dish•ict. By approving only portions of the permit, the site does not gain any additional storage and storage is actually held to a more restrictive standard (i.e. height, placement, amount). However, this amendment would allow Minnesota Asphalt to have outdoor storage since they do occupy 50% of the office space inside the principal building and the owner would gain flexibility in terms of what is stored versus limitations for only roofing equipment and materials. If the City proceeds with this option the requirements of the permit are as follows (staff comments inserted as italics): G. Open and Outdoor Storage as an accessory use, provided that: