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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF MAINTAINING A NEW CAR LICENSE FOR SATURN OF ST. PAUL, 2375 HIGHWAY 10; PLANNING CASE CM2009-001 WHEREAS, the Mounds View City Council approved Resolution 5042 for a conditional use permit amendment for a second building expansion and additional uses at the Saturn car dealership on November 25, 1996, then modified and re -adopted the resolution on December 9, 1996; and, WHEREAS, the Saturn car dealership, located at 2375 Highway 10 is zoned B-3, Highway Business; and, WHEREAS, the Mounds View Zoning Code conditionally allows motor vehicle sales in B-3 zoning districts; and, WHEREAS, the applicant has requested that the condition of requiring the dealership to maintain a new car license at all times be removed; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed this request and has examined the potential adverse effects that could result from such an amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mounds View Planning Commission makes the following finding of fact related to this request: The lot in question, 2375 Highway 10, is zoned B-3, Highway Business. 2. The Future Land Use Map from the City's Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Mixed -Use Planned Unit Development. 3. The new car dealership in operation at 2375 Highway 10 sells Saturn brand vehicles, but the manufacturer is discontinuing this car brand in October 2010, forcing the Saturn of St. Paul owners to make changes otherwise they will have to close the business. 4. The property at 2375 Highway 10 is within the City's primary commercial corridor and as such, closed and vacant businesses are not desirable. 5. The applicant has sufficiently demonstrated that they must change the type of vehicles sold at this dealership, and that they cannot guarantee being able to sell another new brand of cars.