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Mounds View City Council August 27, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 C. 7:15 p.m. Public Hearing, Resolution 7984, a Conditional Use Permit for 2 Tires n More, a Tire and Auto Repair Business located at 2832 County Road 3 10. 4 5 Planning Associate Heller requested the Council consider a conditional use permit request for 6 the property at 2832 County Road 10. She explained the applicant, Naoufel Soussi , was 7 proposing to use the property as a tire store and auto repair business. She noted the site was 8 located al ong the County Road 10 corridor and was currently vacant. Staff reviewed the land 9 map and Comprehensive Plan Land Use Maps for this property. She indicated the site was 10 Community Commercial currently and in the future is designated to Mixed Use Commercial. 11 She noted the proposed use fit well into the County Road 10 corridor. 12 13 Planning Associate Heller further discussed the parking lot for this parcel noting the applicant 14 was applying for a variance given the fact the CVS development directly adjacent to the site had 15 developed prior to this site without completing the parking lot jointly. She stated the parking lot 16 improvements would greatly enhance the site. 17 18 Planning Associate Heller commented the applicant was proposing to screen between the site and 19 the residential homes with a six to eight foot privacy fence. The fence would provide screening 20 along with additional security to the site. She noted she spoke with the Fire Marshal regarding 21 the site and there were some concerns with tire storage. For this reason, sprinklers may need to 22 be added to the building. The City would give the applicant one year to complete this task, given 23 the expense of the sprinkler system. 24 25 Planning Associate Heller explained the Planning Commission recommended approval of the 26 conditional use permit for Tires N More at their August 15th meeting. 27 28 Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:20 p.m. 29 30 Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:20 p.m. 31 32 Council Member Hull asked if the neighbors had been informed of the public hearing. Planning 33 Associate Heller commented neighbors were notified along with CVS and no comments have 34 been brought to the City. She indicated she would continue to work with CVS and the applicant 35 to resolve the parking lot concerns. 36 37 Mayor Flaherty welcomed Mr. Soussi to the City of Mounds View and questioned the hours of 38 operation for Tires N More. Naoufel Soussi, the applicant, explained the business would be open 39 Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 40 41 Council Member Mueller clarified that Rydell Auto Group does sell tires and repairs vehicles in 42 the City. She then asked how the site would be accessed from County Road 10. Mr. Soussi 43 explained that after work was completed traffic would be directed to the CVS entrance with 44 traffic routed to the rear of the building. Planning Associate Heller explained that a shared cross 45