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Item No. ifs <br /> Staff Report No. <br /> Meeting Date: March 22, 1999 <br /> Type of Business: PH&CB <br /> WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; <br /> CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Honorable Mayor & City Council <br /> From: James Ericson, Planning Associate <br /> Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of Resolution 5314, a Resolution <br /> Regarding a Conditional Use Permit to Operate an Outdoor Flower <br /> Mart and Garden Center at the Moundsview Square Shopping <br /> Center. <br /> Date of Report: March 17, 1999 <br /> Background: <br /> Peter Linder, representing Linder's Greenhouses, has applied for a conditional use permit (CUP) <br /> to allow the operation of an outdoor sales operation at Moundsview Square. Linder's was <br /> previously issued CUPs for the 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 growing seasons. No changes are <br /> proposed in the location, layout and operation from the 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 applicant'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 /> applicant will be billed $1.45 per day for water service, which will more than exceed the actual <br /> cost of water utilized. <br /> The difference between the Linder's conditional use permit resolution approved by the Planning <br /> Commission and the ones approved in previous years is that this resolution contains provisions <br /> which will allow the applicant to return to the Moundsview Square shopping center in subsequent <br /> years without reapplying for a CUP, so long as certain provisions are met. Staff would <br /> administratively review the case on an annual basis to ensure all conditions are met. <br /> Discussion: <br /> Mr. Linder is expecting to operate the Flower Mart from April 15 to July 7, but would like the <br /> CUP to be effective from March 15 to July 15 each year to accommodate for seasonal <br /> fluctuations and assembly/disassembly. Linder's Flower Mart is a perennial Mounds View <br />