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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 @nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: July 3, 2008 RE: Little Canada — On -Site Air Temp — 53 Woodlyn Avenue Outdoor Storage CUP and Variance for Storage Containers FILE NO: 758.09 — 08.14 Background and Analysis On -Site Air Temp is seeking a Conditional Use Permit for outdoor storage at 53 Woodlyn Avenue, as well as a variance to permit a number of storage containers greater than the maximum of four adopted as a part of the recent zoning ordinance amendment. The property is currently occupied a building and a limited storage area. The outdoor storage consists solely of the containers (currently a total of 8 such containers). The applicants have provided photographs showing the containers both as they sit on the site and the interior of the containers themselves. Outdoor storage is now allowed by CUP under a revised ordinance. The requirements for the permit are as follows (staff comments inserted in italics): G. Open and Outdoor Storage as an accessory use, provided that: 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. 2. The storage area in question occupies an area no greater than sixty percent (60 %) of the gross square footage of the subject parcel. As currently arranged, the containers occupy a total of less than 4% of the lot area. The applicants have requested (as a part of their variance application) that a limit of 5% of the lot area be used as a threshold allowance. 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. All of the storage area is behind the front building line.