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� ;__= _ _ <br />1 <br />Linders Greenhouse Staff Report <br />�� Planning Case No. � 11-97 <br />January 7, 1998 <br />Page 2 ' :I <br />,: � <br />Background: <br />Peter Linder, representing Linder's Greenhouses, has applied for a conditional use pernut (CUP) to <br />allow the operation of an outdoor sales operation at Moundsview Square. Linder's was previously <br />issued CUPs for the 1995, 1996 and 1997 growing season. No changes are proposed in the <br />location, layout and operation from previous years. <br />In his letter of application, Mr. Linder requests that the City consider allowing the operation to <br />hook up to a fire hydrant on the property in order to get water for the flora. This was done last <br />year and years past with no associated problems. The charges for permitting such water usage <br />include a$100 hydrant deposit, a$20 wrench deposit and a$20 adapter valve deposit. These <br />deposits are refundable. The appiicant's request to connect to the fire hydrant has been approved <br />by the Department of Public works, subject to receiving the appropriate deposits. In addition, the <br />appIicant will be billed $1.40 per day for water service, which should more than exceed the actual <br />cost of water utilized. <br />Analysis: <br />i�Ir. Linder is expecting to operate the Flower Mart from April 15 to June 30, 1997, but would like <br />the CUP to be effective from March 15 to July 1�, 1996, to accommodate for seasonal fluctuations <br />and assembly/disassembly. Linder's Flower Mart is a perennial Mounds View business, having <br />been at the same location for the past five years. Staff is not aware of any problems associated with <br />this operation. <br />The flower mart will be located at the edge of the Mounds View Square parking lot, alongside of <br />Highway 10. The closest residential neighbors at this point are the homes behind the shopping <br />center and the Wildwood Manor senior apartments across Highway 10 to the south. The <br />residences, separated from the flower mart by the shopping center and the highway, should bear no <br />discernable impact from the use. <br />The flower mart meets the needs of the residents of 1�tounds View in that there are no greenhouses <br />within the City. The zoning for the shopping center is B-4 (Regional Business District) which <br />allows outdoor sales as a conditional use. The area of Moundsview Square is identified as <br />Highway Commercial within the City's Comprehensive Plan, a desi�nation consistent with the <br />shopping center and proposed flower mart. Traffic in the area should not increase as a result of this <br />use as it will draw much of its customer base from the Moundsview Square shoppers and <br />commuters traveling east and west on H'ighway 10. The geenhouse will not interfere with the <br />internal circulation of the shopping center and the loss of the parking spaces will not create a <br />shortage of parking stalls on the premises. Given these considerations and the previous eYperience <br />with Linder's Greenhouse, sta�feeis approval ofthe conditional use pernut is appropriate. <br />Recommer►dation: <br />Adopt Resolution 534-98 recommending to the City Council approval of the conditional use permit <br />for Linder's Greenhouses with stipulations as to starting and znding dates, hours of operation, <br />li�hting and signage. - <br />N `.DAT.-1\GROUPSICOMDEVIDEVCASE51311-97U INDERS.PC <br />