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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS INC. MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada City Council FROM: Brad Nielsen DATE: 21 May 1981 RE: Stenger Mini - Warehouses - Landscape Bond FILE NO: 758.09 - 78.04 Mr. William Stenger has requested that the City return the landscape bond which was required as part of his conditional use permit for the mini- warehouses on Park Street. He feels that he has complied with the landscaping requirements imposed as part of the project approval. As you may recall, Mr. Stenger has appeared before the Council previously to request his refund. The Council was hesitant to forfeit the bond until the landscaping had been inspected and a problem involving the current business (AAA Reupholstering Service) had been resolved. To our knowledge, it was determined that the existing business also serves as the rental agent for the property and may remain. No additional use may be allowed other than the mini - warehouse activity. It should be noted that the buildings were constructed with only one office space which is occupied by AAA. Insofar as the landscaping issue, no detailed landscape plan was ever required. Although some landscaping was proposed on the end of each building, our staff report dated 17 October 1978 recommended that the most critical concern was that the parking area be screened from the residential area to the east of Park Street. In this regard it was recommended that an earth berm and existing shrubbery on the east end of the site be retained to screen the parking area. Upon inspection of the site, it was found that Mr. Stenger had complied with this recommendation and has gone so far as to sod the earth berm. While the plantings which were shown on an earlier building plan have not been installed, these are not considered necessary since they cannot be seen from the street and in all likelihood would die due to lack of maintenance. One final concern was with a sign violation on the site. Mr. Stenger has since corrected this situation. 42 4820 minnetonka boulevard, suite 420 minneapolis, mn 55416 612/925-9420