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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231,2561 planners @nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: November 8, 2013 RE: Little Canada — Ordinance Amendment — Off -site Outdoor Storage FILE NO: 758.10 — 13.10 Background and Analysis The City is proposing an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance that regulates outdoor storage in the 1 -1, Light Industrial Zoning District. The current code allows property owners with outdoor storage areas to rent a portion of their property to other off -site Little Canada businesses by Interim Use Permit. Those businesses are required to be located in the City's 1 -1 zoning district. The proposed amendment would allow businesses that are currently located in the I -P, Industrial Park District to rent such storage areas as well. The current ordinance reads as follows: A. Off Site Outdoor Storage, provided that: 1. Off -site outdoor storage shall require a license in addition to any other business or outdoor storage License required by the City. 2. This interim use permit may not be utilized for the off -site storage of motor vehicles or parts of motor vehicles. 3. The owner of the storage material owns and operates a business (the "operator ") in Little Canada zoned 1 -1. 4. The location of the off -site storage is zoned 1 -1 (the "off -site location "). 5. The storage area meets all of the conditions for outdoor storage listed in Section 914.040.E as if it were accessory to the principal use on the subject parcel, with the exception of 914.040.G.4 of this Ordinance. 6. Both the operator's parcel and the off -site location are found to be in full compliance with all applicable zoning regulations at the time of application, and have had no history of zoning violations in the previous twelve (12) months. 3