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Planning & Zoning Board April 11, 2001 Page 11 Mr. Corson made a MOTION to close the public hearing, and was supported by Mr. Lyden. Motion carried 5 -0. G. Comprehensive Plan: Recommendation for City Council. Mr. Lyden stated there were a number of items he personally needed to look at to make a rational decision and requested they obtain information from all of the Boards, which they had not been able to do. He suggested receiving the information he needed by next week and having a special meeting regarding this Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Smyser stated the process would be to have a public hearing in the future, but right now the City Council was asking for comments from the P &Z Board at this time. The Council had requested to receive comments by the end of this week. The Board continued this discussion to Thursday, April 19, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Mini Storage, Al Robinson, Tabled from March 13, 2001 Meeting • Staff stated their research indicated that industrially -zoned land was most suitable for mini - storage. Land that was zoned for commercial uses was a possibility, but this land would be better suited for higher value uses. Mini - storage was no usually allowed in agricultural or rural residential zoning districts. The rational behind this was as follows: 1. The purpose of the rural districts was to preserve agricultural land and provide some residential use at rural densities. Mini - storage was no consistent with that purpose. 2. The rural districts cover a very large geographic area Therefore, allowing mini - storage in rural districts would have a far- reaching impact on the City and contained the potential for many land use conflicts. 3. If mini - storage was built, it could interfere with future land use planning in areas that were not specifically earmarked for commercial or industrial growth. In light of the previous discussion, it would appear that mini - storage was most suitable in industrial districts and potentially the R -BR district. In Lino Lakes, the R -BR, Rural- Business Reserve District, was a district that could potentially contain mini - storage as an interim use until the land was rezoned, or the mini - storage could remain if the land was rezoned to an industrial district. A disadvantage of allowing mini - storage in the R -BR District was the possibility that it could hinder the extension of utilities in the future. Issues to be considered for mini- storage included green space, landscaping, building coverage, paving, security systems, and building appearance. Building appearance may include regulation of exterior building materials and requiring that the garage doors be oriented to the interior of the property. Requiring a high - quality appearance would go a long way toward improving the value of theproperty. Performance standards should not be compromised. The City had few to no existing mini - storage uses and now was the time to set a high - quality standard that could be maintained in the future. • The Board stated they wanted to wait until Mr. Robinson was present to discuss this further.