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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo, f THAT a Conditional Use Permit for an alternative agricultural use as allowed by Section 301.070 D.l.b.(6) is hereby granted to Thomas G. Armstrong for the purpose of utilizing those premises for the operation of his existing storage business subject to such other restrictions and additions as may be hereinafter specified; and THAT the Conditional Use Permit granted herein is subject to the following conditions: 1. That the Conditional Use Permit shall apply to the entire 254.6 acres of agricultural real estate owned by Thomas G. Armstrong (hereinafter referred to as "Landowner") within the boundaries of the City of Lake Elmo, which land shall be deemed a single contiguous parcel for the purposes of enforcing this Conditional Use Permit and the related provisions of the Lake Elmo City Code. 2. The area for the use specified in this Conditional Use Permit. shall not exceed six acres and the site shall be within the general limits of the site plan submitted to the City Council and staff by the Landowner. 3. The allowed use within the aforesaid site .shall be the storage of cars, trucks, boats, trailers, recreational vehicles, and other vehicles and goods inside agricultural style buildings on the site. Any outside storage of cars, trucks, boats, trailers, recreational vehicles and other vehicles in the area designated on the % site plan shall not exceed 100, said number being computed as one vehicle or 150 square feet of occupied space per 2.5 acres of the total parcel. 4. The Landowner will not be permitted to construct more than two additional buildings not to exceed 15,000 square feet each for storage use in the areas designated in the site plan. 5. The Landowner shall maintain his remaining land or farm his remaining land in accordance with the required practices of the Soil and Water Conservation District. 6. The Landowner shall comply with the proposed and existing landscape plan attached and submitted to the City Council at its meeting of December 16, 1986. in particular, the landowner agrees to make every reasonable effort to provide natural vegetation equivalent to five feet in height by June 1, 1992, and the equivalent of eight feet in height by June 1, 1995. The planting of such natural vegetation shall consist of existing pine and spruce plantations and proposed pine and spruce plantations submitted as part of this proposal. It is understood that some of these trees may be harvested for Christmas tree sales, but at least six rows of trees shall remain and be allowed to grow to maturity. The lilac hedges on the site shall be maintained so as to provide screening for any outside storage areas. 7. There shall be no signs and no paved parking areas on the site. All the outside storage areas, driveways, and building aprons shall be of grass or of lime rock.