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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JULY 26, 2006 CUP & Mayor Blesener opened the Public Hearing to consider a Conditional VARIANCE - Use Permit for open and outdoor storage as an accessory use as well as 2958/2960 a Variance to allow open and outdoor storage in a side yard for the YORKTON property owned by Advanced Masonry Restoration located at 2958/2960 BLVD. - Yorkton Blvd. It was noted that the City Planner and the Planning ADVANCF,D Commission have recommended denial of the Variance, but recommended MASONRY approval of the Conditional Use Permit subject to conditions. RESTORATION & RETROFIT The City Planner noted that outdoor storage is allowed in the I-P District RECYCLING by Conditional Use Permit, however, the location of outdoor storage is restricted to the rear yard of the property. Given the AMR property is a corner lot, and the Code defines front yard as the narrow side of a corner lot, the AMR outdoor storage location is technically in the side yard of the property. The Plvmer indicated that other than location, the outdoor storage proposed meets all Code requirements. Keis noted that the AMR building has two addresses on Yorkton Blvd. and one address on Yorkton Court. Tom Kromroy, AMR, indicated that the 2958 Yorkton Blvd. address is the official address of the property. The other two addresses are tenant addresses utilized for postal delivery. The City Planner noted that front yard of a property is determined under City Code to be the narrow side of a comer lot and is not based on street address. The Planner reported that this Code provision was established to address the determination of setbacks for undeveloped properties. It allows the Building Official to determine required setbacks for properties as they are being developed. Blesener noted the letter received from United Scientific in support of AMR's Conditional Use Permit and Variance request. Blesener asked if the same front yard interpretation applied to the United Scientific property. The City Planner indicated that it would, and the north end of the United Scientific properly would be considered the rear yard of this property. Kromroy noted that his business, AMR, has occupied the building since 1999 and purchased the building in March of 2006. Since that time, AMR has made over $250,000 in building improvements. The building is 100% occupied. Kromroy reported that Retrofit Recycling is one of the major tenants of the building and also need outdoor storage. Kromroy reported that as a result of painting the building and repaving of the parking lot, trucks and equipment were moved to the boulevard area and the street. During that time, the City received a complaint about the 2