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6. Area does not take up parking space as required for conformity to this Ordinance. 7. The provisions of Section 921.O10.C of this Ordinance are considered and satisfactorily met. 8. No outdoor storage area shall include storage of materials that are considered hazardous materials by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 9. No outdoor storage shall be permitted in any yard except the rear yard of the property. In any yard, no outdoor storage area in the 1-P, Industrial Parlc Dish~ict, shall be closer to any property line than ten (10) feet. Since the Orius CUP expired, the City made changes to the I-P outdoor storage allowances. The primary change relates to the amount of allowable storage area, subdivision 1 of the CUP section. The Orius permit was granted under regulations that allowed up to 75% of the building area and 25% of the lot. As can be seen, the current regulations are 25% of the building area or 10% of the lot. The building is 50,000 square feet, on 6.6 acres The current storage area is 37,500 square feet, equal to 75% of the building, and 13% of the lot area. The storage area is an existing non-conformity, and the applicants propose to occupy only a small area of the yard, estimated by the applicants to be just 10% of the current yard. At that amount, the storage area would be within the limitations imposed by the current ordinance. The applicants have indicated that they primarily need the storage area for materials that will be picked up for recycling or other use, along with a few smaller pieces of equipment. The storage area is fenced with chain-link fencing that include slats, and a combination of trees and shrubs outside of the fence. Summary and Recommendation The proposed outdoor storage appears to be in compliance with the terms of the current zoning ordinance requirements, although the current enclosed yard is larger that what the ordinance allows. That enclosed area was developed under previous regulations, and exists as a legal non-conformity. No changes to the site are proposed to occur as part of this application, and the applicant proposes to occupy a much smaller area than would be allowed under the zoning regulations. As such, planning staff recommends approval of the CUP, with the following conditions: • The applicant occupies no more than 10% of the building area (5,000 square feet) for outdoor storage at any one time. The enclosed area may not enlarged. The enclosed area may be used for passenger vehicle and light-truck parking. Larger trucks or equipment will be counted as part of the outdoor storage. pc: Kathy Glanzer Steve Westerhaus Lee Elfering Pat Domeier, Lapham-Hickey Steel, 3250 Spruce Street, Little Canada, MN 55117