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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 581-99 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR OUTDOOR PRODUCE SALES AT MOUNDSVIEW SQUARE, REQUESTED BY MERRYVILLE FARM MARKET; PLANNING CASE NO. 554-99 WHEREAS, Craig Gilb, representing Merryville Farm Market, has applied for a conditional use permit to conduct open and outdoor sales at Moundsview Square Shopping Center; property zoned B-4, legally described as follows: That Part Lying Northeasterly of the Centerline of State Trunk Highway 10 of NE'/ ofNE'/ (Subject to Roads and Highways) in Section 7, Township 30, Range 23 WHEREAS, the Mounds View Zoning Code allows open and outdoor sales in the B-4 Regional Business District with the approval of a conditional use permit; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding this proposal: a. Planning Application b. Zoning Map C. Site Plan d. Letter from Property Owner WHEREAS, The Mounds View Planning Commission makes the following findings that the criteria for approval in Section 1115.04, Subd. 2 have been met: a. Outdoor service, sales and equipment rental connected with the principal use is limited to thirty percent (30%) of the gross floor area of the principal use. The shopping center contains 102,035 square feet of building area. The applicant proposes to occupy 110 square feet of the parking lot, which is less than 1% of the building square footage on the site. This criterion has been met. b. Outside sales areas are fenced or screened from view of neighboring residential uses or an abutting residential district in compliance with Subdivisions 1103.08(1) through (5) of this Title. The parking lot fronting Highway 10 does not abut any residential properties. The nearest residential property is Wildwood Manor, an apartment building for senior citizens, which would be well screened from the proposed use by a stand of trees.