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cedfr ° 24414 cease . 515 Little Canada Road. Little Canada. MN 55117-1600 (651) 484 -2177 / FAX: (651) 484 -4538 REVISED PLANNING REPORT TO: Mayor & Council Members Planning Commission Members MAYOR Michael L Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Jim LaValle Steve Morelan Bob Pedersen ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Hanson FROM: Elizabeth Mursko, Code Enforcement Officer DATE: March 30, 1999 RE: Little Canada —3101 Country Drive PUD Permit for Exterior Storage BACKGROUND Mr. Carle was granted a CUP in 1983 for (1) outside storage and sales, and (2) offsite parking for his landscaping business. The CUP application for outside storage and sales, and offsite parking was approved by the City Council April 27, 1983 contingent upon the recommendations of the City Planner. The property has been rezoned to from 1 -1 (Light Industrial) to PUD (Planned Unit Development) since that time. The property currently has a retail sales /landscape business, which is classified as an industrial use. It has several zoning compliance issues that need to be resolved as recommended by this report and the City Planners Report in 1983. Mr. Jerry Carle is presently applying for a PUD permit for open and outdoor storage of twenty -five (25) to thirty -five (35) towed automobiles in the winter season as an additional principal use at 3101 Country Drive. The applicant indicates that the area will be fenced and an additional building would be constructed for office space and indoor warehouse storage of four (4) — six (6) tow trucks. Their will be three (3) — four (4) employees at this location. ANALYSIS Site and surrounding areas: The principal use is landscape retail sales on a 4.4 acre parcel located west of Country Drive and on a .14 acre parcel east of Country Drive. It is surrounded by the following land uses: North Fra -Dor Recycling / Paving Business Page 4