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• <br />• <br />• <br />AGENDA ITEM 6 D i <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Mary Kay Wyland <br />DATE: January 24, 2000 <br />TOPIC: First Reading, Ordinance No. 02 -2000 Zoning Ordinance <br />Text Amendment to Add Exterior Storage as an Accessory <br />Use with a Conditional Use in the Light Industrial Zoning <br />District <br />VOTE REQUIRED: 4/4 Vote <br />DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: <br />Staff is requesting the P & Z consider amending the Zoning Ordinance to add Exterior <br />Storage as an accessory use in the Light Industrial Zoning District with a Conditional Use <br />Permit. The draft ordinance is attached for your information and includes the following <br />special provisions: <br />a. The storage area is landscaped and screened from view of neighboring <br />uses and residential zoning districts and public rights -of -way. <br />b. Storage area is fenced in an appropriate manner. <br />c. Storage area is blacktopped or concr3ete surfaced unless specifically <br />approved by the City Council. <br />d. All lighting shall be in compliance with Section 3, Subd. 4.11. of this <br />Ordinance or other lighting standards in place at the time of project <br />approval. <br />e. The storage area does not take up parking space or loading space as <br />required for conformity to this Ordinance and not in front yards. <br />f. The property shall not abut property zoned for residential, rural, or <br />business use, including land in a neighboring city. "Abutting" includes <br />across a street. "Abutting" does not include properties that touch only <br />corner -to- corner. <br />g. The property shall not abut I -35W or I -35E. <br />h. The storage area shall not abut a school or a public park. <br />i. The ratio of storage area to building footprint shall not exceed 3.5:1. <br />j. Storage shall not include material considered hazardous under Federal or <br />State Environmental Law. <br />Outdoor storage as an accessory use was originally a part of the Zoning Ordinance in this <br />section but was deleted when the City adopted Ordinance No. 31 -97 which made open <br />and outdoor storage an interim use in the LI Zoning District, when the storage is a <br />principle use. This action was taken to facilitate the exterior storage for Molin Concrete <br />as an interim use. We believe it should remain in the ordinance as a conditional use when <br />