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• • Planning & Zoning Board January 10, 2001 Page 7 be for themselves and the office would be Can AM. He stated his business needed five spaces. Mr. Schaps asked how many RV's would be there. Mr. Kerber replied the maximum would be 40. Mr. Lyden stated the outdoor storage would have to be subordinate to the principal business, and could not exceed the principal business that was there. Mr. Rafferty asked if Mr. Kerber currently owned the property. Mr. Kerber replied he did. Mr. Rafferty indicated there was very little in the yard. Mr. Kerber replied everything had been moved to their Spring Lake Park yard at the moment. He stated they were approached the next day by after the September, 2000 meeting by Can Am so they had not moved their equipment yet. Cam Am had stated they want to take possession of the building in February, 2001. Mr. Rafferty stated there was a backhoe bucket on the lot, but nothing else. Mr. Rafferty stated the lot might be too big for Mr. Kerber's business. Mr. Kerber replied no the lot was not too big for the business; they owned a couple of other pieces of land and that was where the equipment was at the present time. He stated when were approached by CAN AM, it was a good opportunity at that time. He indicated they were it the process of purchasing another building with more shop area. Mr. Rafferty asked if the proposal were not looked upon as a positive to the City, would the yard still meet all of Mr. Kerber's needs. Mr. Kerber replied the lot would meet his needs. Mr. Schilling asked what were the chances of Can Am purchasing the property from Mr. Kerber, which would make this a different issue. Mr. Kerber replied Can Am wanted to start out by renting for two years, and then it would be sold to them after the two years. He stated Cam Am wanted to be in this City, but they did not have the funds at the present time to buy the building. He stated that was why he was here. Mr. Rafferty stated Mr. Kerber would essentially be a real estate /landlord. Mr. Lyden made a MOTION to close the public hearing at 7:46 p.m., and was supported by Mr. Corson. Mr. Rafferty asked in closing the public hearing there was obviously no continuance of the public hearing, but he wanted to know if it would be an advantage to the City to have this matter continued to determine if there was some way this could be worked out. Chair Schaps replied the only way it could work was if Cam Am was willing to buy the property right now and then Cam Am could come to the Council to see if they could store RV's on the property. At that time, it would be the Council's decision as to what to do.