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• Develop strategies and programs to attract high value industrial enterprises that have an emphasis on job creation. • Continue to support local business retention and expansion initiatives. Comp Plan, Chapter 5 -2, 5 -3. This zoning text amendment and IUP application will allow Lakes to fully utilize the Site for its growing business, while protecting adjacent residential uses through appropriate screening and the existing fencing that borders the Site. The outdoor storage will provide a staging area for completed materials that are ready for shipment. There will be no construction activities occurring outside of the existing building. The use is appropriate for the Site, is of a scale that will not negatively impact its neighbors and will allow for growth in both employment and tax base. It is a goal of the City to support growth of its existing small businesses. While Lakes recognizes that, due to its growth, the Site will not always be appropriate, Lakes would like to incubate its business at this Site and remain in the City. The text amendment and IUP will allow for this while remaining consistent with the intent and purpose of the Ordinance and the goals of the Comp Plan. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT Lakes requests an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, Section 8, Subdivision 1(K)(1). The requested language is as follows: K. Interim Uses. Subject to applicable provisions of the Ordinance, the following are interim uses in the LI District and are governed by Section 2, Subd. 3 of this Ordinance: 1. Open and outdoor storage as a principal or accessory use provided that: The remainder of the Subdivision would remain unchanged. Section 2, Subdivision 3 of the Ordinance requires that the following factors be considered when reviewing a proposed zoning amendment. 1. The proposed action has been considered in relation to the specific policies and provisions of and has been found to be consistent with the official City Comprehensive Plan. See discussion above. The proposed amendment is consistent with the Comp Plan. 2. The proposed use is or will be compatible with present and future land uses of the area. Open and outdoor storage is an acceptable principal interim use on the Site. As an accessory use, outdoor storage of the completed trusses is compatible with both present and future land uses of the area and is less intensive than outdoor storage as a principal use on the Site. 4.