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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS INC. PLANNING REPORT TO: FROM: DATE: RE: FILE NO: Little Canada Planning Commission Stephen Grittman 7 May 1984 Terrace Heights Mobile Homes Conditional Use Permit 758.09 - 84.14 RgT217Q MAY 8 1984 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA BACKGROUND Terrace Heights Mobile Homes has applied for a conditional use permit for the purpose of constructing a garage in the park along Park Street. The proposed garage is 32 feet by 45 feet (1,440 square feet). The garage is for the storage of equipment necessary for the maintenance of the park, such as trucks and tools. ANALYSIS While the Zoning Ordinance allows garages for private automobiles and recreational vehicles as a permitted accessory use, buildings for the storage of commercial equipment must be granted a conditional use permit. A stipulation of this permit must be that the structure must not be used for the storage of resident's automobiles or other privately owned vehicles or equipment. The Ordinance or side yard. back from any at least five attached site requirement. states that no accessory building may be located in a front This restriction dictates that the structure must be set public right -of -way. In addition, the structure must be feet from the rear lot line of any adjoining lots. While the plan is not clear, the structure appears to meet this A structure of commercial use adjacent to residential areas is required to be screened. This can be accomplished by landscaping, fencing, earth berming or a combination of these. A landscaping /screening plan should be submitted and approved as a condition to approval. In addition, a more complete plan illustrating the location of other accessory buildings, grading, and circulation to and around the proposed garage must be submitted so as to better evaluate the functionability of the new building. 44 4820 minnetonka boulevard, suite 420 minneapolis, mn 55416 612/925 -9420