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VALOR ENTERPRISF,S, INC. Fred Sedaghat 8026-131st Street Apple Valley, MN 55124 Phone: 651-603-8934 or612-432-0286 APPLICATION FOR CONI)ITiONAL USE PERNITT FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3161, 3 ~I65, 3 ] 67 SPRUCE STREET (CURRENT OCCUPANT: FRED SEDAGHAT) REFER TO THE FOLLOWING: A. Site plan. B. Photos of existing property available. No new constnrction is planned 2. STATEiviENT OF INTENDED USE: Valor Enterprises, Inc. has purchased this property and has occupied the site since 1999. Valor Enterprises, Inc. mainly buys and sells vehicles to other dealers through the local wholesale auctions. Our market niche is the purchase of vehicles that require auto body repair of some sort. We operate a repair facility in which we disassemble the damaged parts, perform any unibody (frame) repair, replace the damaged parts with either new or used parts purchased from dealers or salvage yards, do any bodywork and paint, then detail in preparation for resale. During the course of daily activities, it is necessary to "stage" the timing of the repairs. This involves having the vehicles orgairized in order of planned repair while waiting for necessary parts to arrive or adequate time in the schedule to complete given repairs. The ability to store our vehicles outdoors during this staging time is necessary in order for us to operate. Our repairs are completed inside of the building. We store vehicles that are in various stages of repair at any given time. We feel that the new proposed site plan that reduces the outdoor storage area while acknowledging our need to accommodate storm water nm off will meet both our needs as a business and the City's need for us to address the drainage issue on our site. The Outdoor Storage area is as indicated on the site plan and located the furthest from Spruce Street, behind the fence screening currently in place. We feel our new business plan moves in a positive direction to address the City's past concerns regarding the noncompliance at the site. We have come to realize that Little Canada is a first ring suburb and that it is not business as usual as it may have been when this area was first developed into Ryan Industrial Park. As one drives through this area, it is obvious there are some areas/occupants with issues pertaining to appearance, maintenance, and probably compliance. We have every intention of improving our investment and will work reasonably with the city to achieve those goals. The nartrre of our business and the demand on City services will remain as before -with our promised to consume less staff time in monitoring our cotnpiiance. We have hired an