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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 3, 1987 PAGE 5 General Business zoning, they proceeded to apply for a Conditional Use Permit which was granted. The uses on this property are a home, apartments for his mother and grandmother (not a rental situation), trailer sales, and raising of llamas that are sold as pets. Because these are passive uses, traffic problems are non-existent, impact on surrounding property is minimal or none and the unique character of this property is one that the landowner did not create himself. The hardships are the City's participation in whatever took place in the past and the Highway Dept. came in and took one acre of their land. The property is very difficult to use as it is if you want to call it Agricultural zoning, and is a non -conforming use in that area. Also, Mr. Hanson has had health problems and has been out of work. This has been a business that he was operating as his sole source of livelihood. Farrell felt this was an excellent transitory kind of use for this property. Farrell could not see this situation being a precedent, because you could not find a piece of property in Lake Elmo with all the problems this parcel has. City Administrator Overby had made the following review: Zoning District The proposed building would be located on agriculturally zoned property where the allowed uses are governed by a CUP. The provisions of the CUP must be changed, in order to allow the proposed building. The building must meet all other code requirements. The site is in the I-94 Overlay District. Type of Building Being Proposed The CUP amendment application would permit a 40' x 60' accessory building which would be used as a workshop to service the RV trailer units. The City Council had amended the Hanson CUP on 12-15-81 to allow the open sales lot operation subject to three conditions, one of which was that "no permanent structures be built in support• of this use". This condition would have to be deleted or amended in order to allow the proposed building. Building Size and Number The total area of the 40' x 60' building would be 2,400 square feet. Section 301.130 C. of the City Code provides design and performance standards for accessory buildings and structures. Sub -section C-14 indicates that: "For parcels under (10) acres, two buildings with a total area not to exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet..." would be allowed. The Hanson property is 7.91 acres in total area. Therefore, only two accessory buildings could be allowed; although there already exists a 50' x 22' machine shed, a 22' x 16' granary and a 12' x 18' garage on the north. A variance on the number and size of accessory buildings would be required to allow an additional building.