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N a R 7 O W Y y ?I AM `M, I +w 9Z C Q N Ut Li 9 A N 4% g t, <br />5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 <br />Telephone: 952.595.9636 Facsimile: 952.595.9837 planners @nacplanning.com <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Little Canada Planning Commission <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman <br />DATE: May 7, 2001 <br />RE: Little Canada - Jim Cossack Garage Conditional Use Permit <br />FILE NO: 758.09 - 01.09 <br />Jim Cossack has applied for a Conditional Use Permit for an oversized garage on his <br />parcel at 421 Eli Road. Currently, the parcel contains a single family home with no garage. <br />The property is approximately 158 feet wide by 235 feet deep - .85 acres in area. The <br />applicant is proposing a detached garage of 1,152 square feet, larger than the threshold <br />of 1,000 square feet in area. Detached accessory buildings between 1,000 square feet <br />and 1,500 square feet are allowed by CUP. <br />The City has reviewed similar requests with a requirement that over -sized garages be built <br />only on parcels where the size of the lot and the surrounding neighborhood result in no <br />concerns over compatibility or crowding. In addition, such buildings are required to be put <br />only to residential storage and parking uses - no business activity is permitted. Finally, the <br />building materials of the accessory building are to be similar to those of the principal <br />building. <br />The proposed building would exceed all setback requirements, and as noted above, the <br />parcel is much larger than the basic single family lot. The applicant indicates in his <br />application that the building will be utilized solely for personal vehicle storage, and no <br />business use will be made of the structure. No information has been submitted on building <br />materials, although a sketch is included illustrating the size. With the condition that the <br />building materials match those of the existing single family home, planning staff <br />recommends approval of the CUP, based on the finding that the lot is sufficiently large to <br />accommodate the larger accessory building without concern for crowding or negative <br />impacts on neighboring property. <br />cc: Kathy Glanzer <br />Steve Westerhaus <br />Jim Cossack <br />Greg Schroeder <br />Terry Maurer <br />Page 17 <br />