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7. The applicant had 120 days to clean up existing junk and storage on the property. The subject site is zoned PUD, Planned Unit Development and is guided for commercial land uses. The site is .96 acres in size, with just 70 feet of frontage along Rice Street. The purpose of the PUD, Planned Unit Development District is to provide for the integration and coordination of land parcels as well as the combination of varying types of residential, commercial and industrial uses. The subject site currently contains a single family home, a detached garage, and a second detached garage utilized as a warehouse. The applicant has indicated the property is currently for sale, and has requested the interim PUD permit to operate the site as existing until it is sold. The site is guided for commercial land uses, and the City would like to see the site redeveloped in a manner consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The single family home on the site is currently vacant, but had formerly been a rental property. The applicant also rents the warehouse/garage to a tenant who uses the space to repair cars and other vehicles. The applicant has stated that this operation is not a business, but a hobby use. The current tenant would like to continue using the warehouse. The property owner would make the house available to the tenant for the use of the restroom and access to running water. Under a typical building code arrangement, restroom facilities would be required in the warehouse building. Both the rental residential use and the "hobby" auto repair use were established without proper zoning approvals. The City has been working on enforcement efforts to remove the illegal uses from the property. The applicant is requesting an extension of the PUD interim use permit based on her current compliance with the terms of the original approval. Conclusion The applicant is proposing to continue the existing auto repair hobby use on the property until it is sold. According to the applicant, the renter, as well as two to three other associates, is on the site repairing vehicles Monday through Friday, throughout the entire workday. Minor auto repair, as a business, is not a permitted use in the PUD District. The applicant indicates that outdoor storage has been eliminated on the site, and suggests that the site is in compliance with the requirements imposed by the original City Council approval last year. 2 is