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• For the purpose of reviewing the rezoning request, a map depicting the zoning of the surrounding area is attached at the end of the report. The site is currently zoned R (Rural), and commercial development is not allowed within that zoning district. Again, the Amended Conditional Use Permit approved the use of the existing building as an automotive body shop. As this type of use would not be allowed today in the R (Rural) zoning district, it is considered a non- conforming use of the property. The City of Lino Lakes has three commercial zoning districts, Neighborhood Business, Limited Business, and General Business. These districts allow a range of commercial uses, and increase in intensity of commercial activity with General Business allowing the most intense. The applicant is proposing to operate an Outdoor Sales Lot for the sales of automobiles, and that use is only listed as a permissible use (via Conditional Use Permit) under the General Business zoning district. The purpose of the General Business zoning district is defined in the ordinance as follows: There are areas containing a wide variety of business uses including retail, service, and semi - industrial uses. As such, they may contain businesses which tend to serve other business and industry as well as those catering to shoppers' needs. No new land shall be zoned GB, General Business unless the site or area lies within the City's MUSA and sanitary sewer and municipal water is available. The subject site is outside of the MUSA boundary area, and the nearest city utilities are approximately 4,500 feet south of the site at the intersection of Lake Drive and Main Street. The site is surrounded on two sides by properties that are zoned, guided, and developed with single family homes. As such, staff is recommending that this portion of the request be denied and the site be examined further to determine what zoning district is most appropriate for the site. As for the findings that need to be made to support a rezoning, the zoning ordinance lays out the following for consideration by the Board: KI Auto Page 4 of 15