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Item No. f0 Staff Report No. Meeting Date: June 28, 1999 Type of Business: PH & CB WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: ConsentAgenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor & City Council From: James Ericson, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of Resolution 5342, a Resolution Approving a Request of Merryville Farm Market to Operate an Outdoor Produce Sales Stand at Moundsview Square; Planning Case No. 554-99 Date of Report: June 24, 1999 Background: Craig Gilb, representing Merryville Farm Market, is requesting a conditional use permit to operate an outdoor produce stand in the parking lot of Moundsview Square Shopping Center from July 1, 1999 to September 30, 1999. The produce stand would be open seven days a week from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. and would be selling produce home-grown from Waverly, Minnesota. The stand is a five -sided gazebo -like structure with a canvas roof, and is 14 feet wide at its widest point and 9 feet high at the peak. The stand requires no utility hook-ups. The produce stand was granted a CUP the last three years at this same location. Staff is not aware of any problems associated with this operation. The Planning Commission, at its meeting on June 16, 1999, recommended approval of this conditional use permit request with stipulations. Those stipulations are repeated in the Council's resolution of approval. Analysis: Mr. Gilb has stated that this will be the same operation that was approved last year for this location. No changes have been proposed. The dates of operation for the farm market, if approved as requested, would overlap by 15 days with Linder's Greenhouses, which was granted an outdoor sales CUP through July 15, 1999. Linder's will be dismantling its greenhouse sometime in between June 30 and July 15, so the overlap of operations could be less than the possible 15 days. In the occurrence of an overlap of uses, there should be little impact to parking, as the produce stand would occupy only 110 square feet of the parking lot. Signage for the produce stand will be accomplished with small banners affixed to the gazebo base and lettering on the canvas roof. As was done for the Linder's Greenhouses, the conditional use permit for Merryville is drafted in such a way so that future appearances before the Planning Commission and City Council are not required. The CUP will remain in effect indefinitely so long as there are no changes to the operation and there have been no problems or reasons which would warrant the City Council to re- examine the CUP.