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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 19, 1996 6 M/S/P Hunt/Del-app - to table the rezoning until the April 16, 1996 City Council when there will be a full Council. (Motion passed 4-0). C. Case No. CPA 96-8 Comprehensive Plan Amendment; Resolution No. 96-8 amending the Future Land Use Map of the 1990 Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan M/S/P John/Del-app - to table the Comprehensive Plan Amendment until the April 16, 1996 City Council meeting when there will be a full City Council. (Motion passed 4-0). D. Use determination for wood working business proposal in LB The City has received a completed application for a woodworking business and subsequent office and showroom facilities on the property located at 8603 N. 34th Street. The project will consist of a 3,725 sq.ft. woodworking shop which assembles kitchen cabinets. The use will consist of a 620 sq.ft office space and a small 722 sq.ft. showroom for the woodworking business, Another 1,665 sq.ft. of office space will be leased. A letter was submitted by Walter Pechan indicating Countryside Wood Products makes kitchen cabinets, bath vanities and countertops for new homes and remodeling throughout the metropolitan area. They have four employees in the shop and subcontract installation to another person. The site is presently located in the (RR) Rural Residential Zoning District. The future land use for this area is Limited Business. A zoning map amendment will need to be completed as part of the project proposal. The Limited Business Ordinance, Section 301.070 DA4C. Conditional Uses, lists a number of uses which may be applied to this proposal. This includes business service uses, retail sale of commodities marketed to the local area or other uses similar to those permitted by the section as determined by the City Council. Since woodworking business is not specifically stated as a conditional use, the staff felt it appropriate to formally request that the City Council make this determination as stated in the ordinance. M/S/F Conlin/John - to recognize that a woodworking shop is consistent with the Limited Business Ordinance as described in Section 301.070D.14C as a conditional use based on the findings of the City Planner. (Motion failed 2-2:DeLapp:he does not consider manufacturing and wholesaling as the same as office use, Hunt) Councilman DeLapp felt that the two most common requests are for assembly type or light industrial. He considers this request for assembly and warehousing which is permitted under the manufacturing ordinance which Is out of context In the LB Zoning District. Our ordinance requires 3.5 acres, and we should not accept the 2.1 acres as three acres. Councilman Hunt was reluctant to declare assembly as an allowed use in the general Limited Business area. He would support a process, recognizing there are different conditions along Hwy 5 versus 1-94 where a Limited Business 2 category could work, and would propose a revision to the LB for such a low impact use without need for sewer, special access conditions that exist, that would fit along State Hwy 5. M/S/P Hunt/John - to request Councilman Hunt submit his comments to protect the City to allow a use such as this to the Planner by Thursday for a Limited Business 2 category for property located South of Hwy 5 and the railroad tracks be modified to allow such a use. (Motion passed 3-1:Conlin) E. Request by Rehbein Excay. for grading/excav permit Rehbein Excavating contacted the City about the 56 acre parcel of property along Highway 5, south of the Old Village, as part of the discussion for the open space development. Rehbein is interested in excavating the pond area as shown on the concept plan and is interested in using the gravel for the cap on the Landfill project this summer and wish to bid on the project. Larry Bohrer, Randy Peterson, Valley