07-09-09 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 /rave to obtain this license given theiz• 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. T/ze outdoor storage areas proposed comprise of approximately less than 10% of the site, izz compliance with the regulation. 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. This property is a corner parcel on Country and Ryan Drive. City staff is considering Ryan Drive as the front yard of the parceG The applicant is proposing to allow additional outdoor storage that would occur in front of t/ze front building line on both the principal and accessozy building. Given the recent review of the I-1 zoning code and the industrial disbzcts, city staff believes this is not cmzsistent with the intent of this area. City stuff 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, Visioz:s Tree Service has trucks, equipment, and tree material stored on the site. Their storage is not part of this application. City staff has confirmed with the owner that at this time Vision Tree Services does not occupy any space within Pl:e principal building. Their use is strictly rental of outdoor storage. City staff recommends that 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 oft/:e building. The property owzzer has indicated that Vision Tree Services may start to rent a small office space within the principal building. The owner /las been informed that 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 perznit 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. The applicant does not specify what type of equipment or ttuiterial will be stored ozz the property other than that it is for a roofing and nspl:alt company. During a recent site inspection the roofing equipment did appear to comply, but the materials dirt not. City staff is requesting more detail from the applicant on what the tenants will be storing and how it will be stored to ensure compliance w&h the code.