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MAYOR Michael I. Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Jim LaValle Steve Morelan Bob Pedersen 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 ADMINISTRATOR (651) 484 -2177 / FAX: (651) 484 -4538 Joel R. Hanson Email: cityhall @ci little - canada.mn.us TO: Mayor & City Council Members FROM: Elizabeth Mursko, Zoning Administrator DATE: November 17, 1999 RE: Extension of December 31, 1999 Deadline for Saturn Transportation Systems, Inc. Mr. James McMahon, President of Saturn Transportation Systems, Inc., has requested an extension to the December 31, 1999 deadline to remove transportation trailers from the vacant property at the corner of South Owasso Boulevard and Spruce Street. Azure Properties rents this property to Saturn Transportation on a month to month basis (see the attached letters). We (Steve Grittman, Jim LaValle and myself) met with Azure Properties (Tom Schuette) at city planning hours in January (1999) to discuss the removal of the unlawfully established use (exterior storage of trailers) and /or other possible solutions for this property. This property is located in the "1 -P" District, which allows exterior storage as an accessory use and does not provide for a principal exterior storage use as in the "B -W" and "1 -1" districts. If this property had a principle use (building) that had a need for off - street semi - trucking and trailer loading use involving the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise, it would be considered a permitted accessory use. If semi - truck or trailer parking were necessary, it would require a Conditional Use Permit in this district. My recommendation would be not to extend the current deadline, as this was never a lawfully established use. In addition, I would not recommend amending this district to include a principle exterior storage, as this is not the intent of this district. The purpose of this district is to provide for the establishment of warehousing and limited industrial activities including the limitation on exterior storage in a "campus' type setting. Please keep in mind that this is not a negative reflection on Saturn Transportation Systems, Inc. but rather deals with the consistent application of the zoning ordinance. Should the Council choose to extend this deadline, my recommendation would be limited to six months (June 30, 2000). CC: James McMahon, President of Saturn Transportation Systems, Inc. Thomas Schuette, Azure Properties Kathy Glanzer, Deputy Clerk Page 85