Laserfiche WebLink
NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 <br />Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners@nacplanning.com <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Little Canada Planning Commission <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman <br />DATE: October 4, 2013 <br />RE: Little Canada —Auto Sales /Salvage Moratorium <br />FILE NO: 758.09 — 12.05 <br />Background <br />This memo forwards additional information related to the City's moratorium on Auto <br />Sales and Salvage repair licensing. Staff put together a summary of the Auto - related <br />licenses in the City, which we have re- structured a bit to show the licensing by street. <br />The data prepared by staff show that there are 11 properties in Ryan Industrial Park <br />with some sort of auto - related license. Eight of those have major auto repair and <br />outdoor storage licenses only. <br />Three parcels have other combinations, although all three also include outdoor storage <br />as one of their licensed uses. Outside the Ryan Industrial Park area, there are nine <br />other parcels with some aspect of auto - related uses — some of those are zoned in a way <br />that does not allow outdoor storage, and others have sales or repair licenses only. <br />We will follow -up with enforcement issues to try to discover whether there are certain <br />combinations of uses that raise particular issues for the City. While major auto repair <br />and outdoor storage are the predominant uses, it is not clear from this information <br />whether (as planning staff had suggested) that the combination of various repair, sales, <br />and storage uses is the issue. Additional information will be gathered and brought to <br />the Planning Commission for its consideration at the upcoming meeting. <br />Summary and Recommendation <br />No further recommendations at this time, subject to additional information discussed at <br />the Planning Commission meeting. <br />pc: Kathy Glanzer <br />