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MINUTES <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />SEPTEMBER 10, 1992 <br />The Planner felt there were a couple of ways to address <br />the situation. First, would be to do nothing. The <br />second would be to stiffen the requirements for retail <br />sales in the Industrial District; however, this might <br />adversely effect other retail businesses. The third <br />option involves stiffening the requirements for retail <br />auto sales specifically, continuing to allow retail <br />auto sales, but imposing requirements similar to those <br />in the B -3 District. <br />Garske stated that he had a problem with retail auto <br />sales in Ryan Industrial Park because of the traffic <br />that this business attracts. Garske felt that this <br />additional traffic might be a problem for the other <br />industrial businesses in the Park. Garske suggested a <br />solution may be to limit the number of retail auto <br />businesses in the Industrial District. <br />The City Planner felt that by limiting the number of <br />retail auto sales businesses the City runs into an <br />enforcement issue. If the City says that there can <br />only be three retail auto sales businesses, for <br />example, someone has to check that there are only <br />three. Also, the City could run into an illegal <br />operation and have the property owner claim that the <br />cars are not for sale. The Planner reported that in <br />the B -3 District, the City limits the number of <br />vehicles allowed for sale by a minimum number of square <br />footage per vehicle. The Planner noted that the City <br />also has the option of eliminating the use from the <br />Industrial District altogether. <br />Garske felt that would be unfair to businesses like <br />Suburban Auto who wanted to sell only one or two <br />vehicles occasionally. <br />The Planner noted out that the burden of prohibiting <br />auto sales would be that a business could not operate <br />both an industrial and retail sale operation. <br />Drabik pointed out that if a business has the need to <br />sell a vehicle or two occasionally, there are places <br />this can be done other than in the Industrial Park. <br />The City Planner noted that wholesaling of vehicles is <br />a permitted use in the Industrial District. The issue <br />here is retail sales. The Planner noted that there are <br />currently three active retail sales licenses in the <br />Industrial District. Those are Leonardo Auto Body, <br />Eich Sales, and Suburban Auto. <br />Garske pointed out that if the City is faced with ten <br />requests for retail auto sales in the Industrial <br />Page 15 <br />