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Oat Pi iS CeibrMit 515 1,19.1e Canada Road. Little Canada, MN 55117.1600 (651) 766-4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 www. ei.l l ttte -Ca nada. mn.1.18 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener & Members of the City Council FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Code Enforcement Officer DATE: July 22, 2011 RE: 1 -P Storage Containers MAYOR Bill 11lesener COUNCIL Ricic Montour John Keis ,Michael i,leC'aw Shelly Ross ADMINISTRATOR Joel 0. nxnson The City has received a Conditional Use Permit request from a business located in the t -P zoning district for outdoor storage of equipment, materials, and a storage container. This is a Conditional Use in the district. In reviewing this request, city staff realized that the outdoor storage standards in the I -P district are not as detailed as they are in the 1 -1 zoning district. The reason for this memo is to have the Council review the current zoning code standards below to determine if similar standards should be applied to the [ -P zoning district, specifically the regulation of storage container outdoor storage. Staff would like to bring your attention the definition of outdoor storage. It would be staff's recommendation that this definition be modified to specifically mention storage containers as an accessory use. Currently, containers would need to be considered as equipment or materials. By adding storage containers to the definition, we better clarify the use as acceptable. Zoning Code Definition Outdoor Storage: An accessory use of property for storage of equipment or materials that do not need protection from the weather, or the keeping of utility trailers (but not including semi- trailers) no greater than twelve (12) feet high, eight (8) feet wide, or thirty (30) feet in length, in which materials are housed, or on which equipment is stored. No trailers (including semi- trailers) may be used to house continuous accessory storage, and all such trailers must be moved off -site no less than twenty live (25) percent of the year. a. Outdoor Storage Equipment: Mechanized construction equipment and the like which is capable of moving under its own power.