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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 6Ai STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson MEETING DATE: June 25, 2012 TOPIC: Resolution No. 12-53 - Interim Use Permit—Accessory Outdoor Storage VOTE REQUIRED: Simple Majority INTRODUCTION Lakes Building Components has been operating at 7301 Apollo Court for over a year and a half, and has been storing materials used in the business outside of the building in violation of the zoning ordinance during that time. Upon notice of the violation the applicant requested an amendment to the zoning ordinance to make accessory outdoor storage an interim use in the Light Industrial zoning district. Ordinance Number 21-11 was adopted by the City Council on November 28, 2011 and went into effect shortly thereafter. An Interim Use Permit application was submitted in 2011 along with the zoning amendment request, but was deemed incomplete by staff. The applicant submitted the necessary documents to complete the application on May 4, 2012. SCHEDULE OF ACTIONS: Planning &Zoning Board (Public Hearing) June 13, 2012 City Council June 25, 2012 Action Deadline July 3, 2012 (may extend to Sept. 1, 2012) BACKGROUND The applicant is proposing to fence a portion of the site with eight foot high chain link fencing that will have privacy slats to provide screening. The appearance of the fence will be softened by the existing landscaping as well as the additional landscaping materials on the submitted planting plan. The storage yard area will be paved for all areas that will have regular vehicular traffic and will have I inch landscape rock in the areas where the materials will be stored. The zoning ordinance includes a category"interim use permits". The purpose of an interim use permit is as follows: Subd. 3. Administration: Interim Use Permits. A. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of allowing interim uses is: •