04-25-07 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA APRIL 25, 2007 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 25th day of April, 2007 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor Bill Blesener called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Mr. Bill Blesener Council Member Ms. Barbara Allan Council Member Mr. Michael McGraw Council Member Mr. Rick Montour ABSENT: Council Member Mr. Jon Keis ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Mr. Joel R. Hanson City Planner Mr. Steve Grittman Code Enf. Officer Ms. Jessica Jagoe Planning Comm. Mr. Dan Knudsen Planning Comm. Mr. Scott Barraclough Planning Comm. Mr. Tom Duray Planning Comm. Mr. Jon Hall Planning Comm. Mr. Jeff Helmeke Planning Comm. Mr. Chuck Pechmann Planning Comm. Ms. Katie Socha City Clerk Ms. Kathy Glanzer OUTDOOR The purpose of tonight's workshop is to conduct a study on outdoor STORAGE storage uses in the City of Little Canada, specifically the I-1, I-2, and I-P Zoning Districts. The City Planner began with a detailed review of his outdoor storage report prepared for this evening's workshop. The report introduced basic background on zoning and land use regulation. It was noted that zoning is an implementation tool of the City's land use policies as outlined in the Comprehensive Plan. As part of those land use policies, the City has the discretion to allow or not allow outdoor storage as a land use. The Planner also clarified that storage is a different use from parking. The Planner defined storage as the accumulation of equipment or materials for sale, use on site, or shipping to other locations. Parking is the temporary occupancy of a space by a motor vehicle, the purpose of that motor vehicle being transportation.