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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 20, 1989 PAGE 3 by creating a limited conditional use permit in both the R1 and RR zoning categories. M/S/P Williams/Graves - to grant a temporary variance until the September 5, 1989 City Council meeting to allow a commercially licensed vehicle to park overnight in the RI Zoning District to R. J. Linnel.l, 9402 Stillwater Blvd., in order to give staff a chance to review the information on possible code modifications submitted by the City Attorney. (Motion carried 4-0). B. Variance for lot size and road frontage (Continued: Mildred Meier) At the June 6, 1989 meeting, the Council tabled this application for the purpose of allowing the applicant time to negotiate with neighboring property owners for possible purchase of this property. M/S/P Graves/Williams - to remove this application from the table for Council consideration. (Motion carried 4-0). The Council received a letter, dated June 13, 1.989, from Mildred M. Meier withdrawing her request for variances on Lots 132-140, 159-167, 463 and 464, 673 and 674 Lanes DeMontreville Country Club Addition. M/S/P Graves/Williams - to accept the applicant, Mildred Meier's, letter, dated June 13, 1989, request for withdrawal of her variance(s) application. (Motion carried. 4-0). C. Amendment to CUP for Completion of Stage I Greenhouse •Construction. Linder Greenhouse, Inc. The Planning Commission, at their meeting of June 12th, unanimously recommended approval of the Amendment to this Conditional Use Permit. Rob Linder, Linder Greenhouse, Inc., has requested an amendment to his CUP for completion of Stage I, greenhouse construction. Linder advised the Council that the treeline and the ponding is completed and the greenhouse will not be seen because of the treeline. The City Engineer will review the ponding when constructed. Linder added they are covered under every agricultural law under the state. As a rule, most Ag businesses, being farms, are not required to get building permits and are allowed any structure that they need for the production of their product. Linder added they have gone along with whatever the City has requested --most farmers don't bother asking the City, they just go ahead and build. Based on the size of the structure(s) that are there now, Councilman Williams felt this total. development is way out of scale from what he would like to see. A series of buildings this size is not consistent with our ideas of open spaces normally associated with agricultural use. You can see the existing building from the park, but, hopefully, when the trees grow up along 15th Street this would not be quite so obvious.