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MEMORANDUM northwest Essociated consultants, inc. TO: Little Canada Mayor and City Council FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: 5 June 1985 RE: I -P District Amendments FILE NO: 758.09 - 85.11 JUN 6 1935 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA The attached Zoning District amendment contains the changes requested by the Council at its meeting of 22 May. The changes to both text and comments have been underlined. The outdoor storage /semi -truck parking area restric- tions have been tied to both lot size and building area. The lot area restric- tion has been set at twenty -five percent. This is less than the building area maximum of thirty -five percent as the storage is an accessory use. Relating to the building, the storage /semi -truck area is set at seventy -five percent, once again to be less than the size of the principal structure. The net effect is that as building size goes down, so does the allowable storage area. For example, a 40,000 square foot lot is permitted a 14,000 square foot building (35 percent). By lot area the outdoor storage area could consist of 10,000 square feet (25 percent). By building area, storage could be 10,500 square feet. Since the more restrictive standard applies, in this case lot area, 10,000 square feet would be the maximum allowable area. If the building were reduced to 10,000 square feet, just 7,500 square feet of semi /storage area would be permitted. With regard to metal buildings, per Council directive, all buildings will be required to be constructed of solid wall masonry or concrete. We have some reservations regarding such a requirement. Many attractive masonry buildings utilize metals as an architectural element. In addition, window and door frames are often metal. To get around such complications, these exceptions are allowed, while retaining the masonry solid wall requirements. 12 ,"e o nk !� U ,,,n , anoi,s, mn, ste 200 55416 (617)925-9420