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The proposed amendment factoring all three outdoor storage areas would account for less than 25% of the subject parcel. 3. The storage area shall not occupy any portion of the yard between the front building line and the adjoining public street, or the side building line and public street on a corner lot. The current and proposed outdoor storage areas meet this code requirement. 4. The storage is utilized solely by those tenants of the principal building in an amount proportionate to each tenant's occupancy of said principal building. The property owner has requested consideration to continue to allow "rental" outdoor storage to non - tenants of the building and non - Little Canada businesses for the east storage area as currently allowed in his CUP issued in 1999. This provision will be discussed in greater detail later in the report. 5. The outdoor storage of equipment or materials, as defined by this Ordinance, must be capable of moving under its own power, stored on a trailer, stored within weather -proof containers, or other storage arrangements as approved by the City Council. Storage of any material directly on the ground when the dimensions of such item are less than three (3) feet in width, length, and height, shall be prohibited wherever the City Council determines that reasonable alternatives exist consistent with this section. The property owner has indicated that the storage area directly behind the building will be utilized for licensed and operable trailers and /or vehicles. The storage area on the east side of the building could consist of inoperable and /or unlicensed vehicles, as well as, other materials (salvage repair license, see below). Additionally, the storage on the east side of the building is where the placement of the weather-proof containers will exist if and when the need arises. Given one of the current tenants of the building has a salvage repair license with the City, it is reasonable to assume that some of the repairables will be inoperable. As such, staff recommends that the placement of the inoperable and /or unlicensed vehicles only be allowed on the east side of the building in the designated storage area. This location is the least visible and is fully screened. In addition, given the square footage of this storage area, the number of vehicles that will be inoperable and /or unlicensed will be limited by space ensuring junk /debris does not become a code enforcement issue. Therefore, staff considers the intent of this code provision to be met.