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1 <br /> <br /> <br /> STAFF REPORT <br /> DATE: 1/16/2024 <br /> Motion <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Sophia Jensen, City Planner <br />AGENDA ITEM: Agriculture Zoning District Uses – MYP Landscape Supply <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />MYP Landscape Supply located at 9591 60th St (PID 03.029.21.12.0001) has requested a zoning <br />text amendment to the agricultural zoning district. The request is to include yard waste recycling <br />and landscape supply as conditional uses to Table 9-1. As part of this request, City Staff has <br />reviewed adjacent Cities regulations and is recommending adding definitions as part of this <br />proposed amendment. <br /> <br />Since 1988, the site has been under a conditional use permit for an open sales lot and has engaged <br />in the sale of stone and landscape supplies. The current proposal is to add “landscape supply, <br />wholesale” into the official list of uses for the Agriculture zoning district. The City Code currently <br />defines “garden center” but that only applies to nurseries or lawn and garden centers. While MYP <br />may sell similar garden center items such as trees, shrubs, and plant material, they also sell other <br />items, which include rock, stone, pavers, and gravel which is outside the scope of garden centers <br />and a unique business within the City. In order to operate, update, or expand their business <br />“landscape supply, wholesale” must be a defined use in the Agriculture zoning district. <br /> <br />According to the narrative, the site already engages in yard waste recycling. This includes the <br />acceptance of dirt, branches, stumps, and other organic items, which are then processed and resold <br />or disposed of. To bring the site into compliance the yard waste recycling use must be added to <br />city code or yard waste recycling activities must cease on the site. <br /> <br />If the proposed text amendments are approved, MYP would then need to apply for a conditional <br />use permit amendment which would require a public hearing and review by the Planning <br />Commission and City Council. At that time, the City may add conditions it feels are necessary to <br />mitigate concerns. They would also be required to get necessary recycling/waste permits from <br />Washington County. <br /> <br />ISSUE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL: <br />The City Council is being asked to make a determination on the proposed agriculture zoning <br />district text amendments. <br /> <br />PROPOSAL ANALYSIS: <br />In addition to the suggested amendments submitted by MYP, City Staff reviewed adjacent cities <br />ordinances and regulations. Given the unique nature of the business, not many cities had an exact <br />landscape supply use definition. Forest Lake and Hugo were used as references for the yard waste <br />recycling use definition.