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• • • UDOR Site Plan December 13, 2000 page 3 accessory buildings be removed prior to construction of the addition. One of the accessory buildings remains, though the approved addition to the larger building was constructed. Over the past year, staff has been discussing the removal of the remaining building with Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson proposed replacing it with a better building, and staff informed him that would require another site plan review. Those instructions in no way guaranteed approval of the application. Staff cannot recommend approval of a use not allowed by the zoning ordinance. Therefore, we recommend denial of the application. An alternative to denial would be for the applicant to agree in writing to an extension of the approval deadline until a zoning amendment is processed. This would allow the applicant to prepare an application for amending the ordinance and to process it through the normal procedure. There is no guarantee of approval of such an amendment. CONCLUSION AND FINDINGS Staff concludes that accessory buildings are not allowed in the GI district under the current zoning ordinance. Under Minnesota Statutes 15.99, if the City denies an application it must state in writing the reasons for the denial at the time that it denies the application. Therefore, staff recommends denial of the application for a site plan for an accessory building based on the following findings: 1. The General Industrial zoning district does not include accessory buildings in the list of accessory uses. 2. Accessory buildings are specifically listed in other zoning districts. 3. The General Industrial zoning district does list, as a permitted use, accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the listed permitted uses or of the same general character. However, the City customarily has held that accessory buildings are not allowed in the GI district. 4. Therefore, accessory buildings are not allowed in the General Industrial zoning district. 5. An amendment to the zoning ordinance would be necessary to allow accessory buildings in the General Industrial zoning district.