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The current building is over 5,400 square feet in area, with a paved and curbed parking lot. The City approved a Conditional Use Permit in 1993 allowing a U -Haul rental area on the west portion of the parking lot. At that time, a condition that the site plan show 22 parking spaces, according to Zoning Ordinance standards was made a condition of the permit. The area available to the used car sales consists of a paved area which should more than meet the minimum required for the five spaces. The concern which the site plan raises, however, is that the sales area will occupy parking spaces which are necessary to comply with the City's parking requirement. A site plan which was developed for the U -Haul application is attached to this report illustrating the concern. This plan states a parking supply of 23 spaces. If five of these are set aside for sales, the site will be four spaces short of the Ordinance requirement. At this point, staff has been unable to identify an option which would allow these four spaces to be replaced. One potential location would be the area reserved for U -Haul storage, however, this needs to discussed with the property owner. In summary, the applicants have requested approval for a motor vehicle sales lot Conditional Use Permit which would be the third of four potential such permits in the City. All conditions would appear to be met, with the exception of the parking requirement for the existing uses. Without demonstration that adequate parking can be provided, staff cannot recommend approval of the CUP. If the site can be rearranged to provide adequate parking, all of the conditions required for CUP approval would be present, and we would recommend the permit, conditioned upon compliance with the requirements listed in the Zoning Ordinance as summarized above. cc: Kathy Glanzer Greg Schmidt Matthew Benson Dale Madsen 2 Page 27