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Planning & Zoning Board February 12, 2003 APPROVED MINUTES Page 4 • Will not park any equipment outside fenced area • No wood piles or wood chips will ever be stored at this site As background, and for comparison, staff attach ed the previous CUP for the site, which also had a number of conditions. Certificate of Occupancy The parties seem to be in agreement on all of the above conditions, with the exception of #7, which relates to the inspection of the soil , water, and septic system on the property. This condition is written so as to be fulfille d by the current owner of the property, prior to Mr. Pfingsten taking ownership. In light of such issues, it is important to draw attention to Sec tion 2, subdiv. 8 of the City’s zoning ordinance, which relates to Certificate of Occupancy. This subdivision stipulates that any change of use (of land or st ructure) requires a C.O. It is through such a process that the City verifies that property and structures ar e up to code. In the present instance, the C.O. process can be used to verify septic conditions on site. Applicants Intended Use At the January meeting, Chair Schaps direct ed the applicant to address the following specific issues: • What vehicles are to be parked on the site, and where. • If any repairs to vehicles are to take place on the site. • Provide a complete Site Plan, noti ng where vehicles would be parked. Mr. Pfinsten has drawn a site plan noting wher e the two items to be stored outside will be parked (a 16-foot Bobcat tra iler & a Trailer used for field research). No repairs beyond general maintenance (oil changes) are envi sioned to take place on the property. Any general maintenance procedures would take place inside the pole building. Conditional Use Permit Proposal At the January meeting Chair Schaps directed staff to find a way to cover Mr. Pfingsten’s proposed use through use of a Conditional Us e Permit. Since the property is zoned Rural, and the City’s Zoning Ordinance doe s not currently allow any conditional use similar to that which the applicant is pr oposing, the Zoning Ordinance must be amended to achieve this objective. If amended, howev er, such a conditional use could then take place on any property zoned Rural in the City. To that end, language such as the following might be appropriate to add to Section 5, subdiv. 1.H of the Zoning Ordinance (Rural Conditional Uses):