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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. This application is the applicant's response to a portion of those enforcement efforts. The applicant is also requesting approval for outdoor storage in the rear yard of the site. The garage/warehouse tenant would utilize a portion of the rear yard, adjacent to the railroad tracks for additional workshop space and outdoor storage of materials. Outdoor Storage. In the PUD District, all permitted, permitted accessory, and conditional uses contained in the provisions for other zoning districts are permitted uses. However, open and outdoor storage is typically regulated as a conditional accessory use, allowed by conditional use permit. As such, the following requirements typically apply: 1. The area is fenced and screened from view of neighboring residential uses or residentially zoned property. 2. Storage is screened from view of the public right of way. 3. Storage area is paved with asphalt, concrete, or other material approved by City Council. 4. All lighting shall be hooded and so directed that the light source shall not be visible from the public right of way or from neighboring residential uses, and shall be in compliance with Section 903.020 I of the Zoning Ordinance. 5. The storage area shall not occupy any space required for conformity to the parking regulations of the Zoning Ordinance. 6. The provisions of Section 921.010.C are considered and satisfactorily met. While the location of the storage area on the site may provide a moderate level of screening, no fencing or additional landscaping is proposed. The applicant has not provided details as to the exact size and location of the outdoor storage area, making it difficult to properly evaluate. Staff is concerned with the request to allow outdoor storage, as the proposed use has been identified as a hobby. The site appears to have adequate storage space in the garage to support a hobby use. Moreover, outdoor storage is a use that is not typically zi z