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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231.2555 Facsimile: 783.231.2561 plannersa-Lnacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener and Little Canada City Council Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: July 19, 2007 RE: Little Canada — Open and Outdoor Storage FILE NO: 758.10 - 07.03 Attached is a draft of the 1 -1 Zoning District language in which we have restructured the outdoor storage regulations. All the proposed 1 -1 District changes are highlighted in the draft language. Following is a summary of the changes that impact the outdoor storage issue: • Increased allowable accessory building size from 30% of the principal building to 60% of the principal building — this change is intended to make it easier to add building space, rather than resorting to outdoor storage area. • Require that display vehicles on outdoor sales lots be licensed and operable, and limit total display vehicles in the 1 -1 District to a maximum of 10. • Redefine Outdoor Storage as an interim use, rather than a Conditional Use — in this way we are able to tie the storage to the user and avoid having the storage CUP run with the land. • Add a series of more specific performance standards for Outdoor storage as follows: - Require a business license for outdoor storage in addition to the IUP — this will allow the City to require regular renewal of the license, and regular compliance checks. Restrict storage area to no more than 50% of the lot area — this requirement is intended to avoid parcels that become primarily storage lots. Require that storage is only available to tenants that occupy at least 40% of the building. This will have a number of effects: 1) no more than two of the building's tenants would be eligible for a license; 2) buildings that did not have tenants qualify by floor area would have no outdoor storage.