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a <br /> Item No. I 0 - 7:JO pin, <br /> Staff Report No. 97-197.SC <br /> Meeting Date: 2/24/97 <br /> IIIType of Business: PH <br /> WK• Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; <br /> CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Mayor and City Council <br /> From: James Ericson, Planning Associate <br /> Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for <br /> Linder's Greenhouses at Mounds View Square Shopping Center, <br /> 2535-2585 Highway 10; Planning Case No. 470-96 <br /> Date of Report: February 20, 1997 <br /> Summary: <br /> Mr. Peter Linder, representing Linder's Greenhouses, has applied for a conditional use permit <br /> (CUP) to allow for the operation of an outdoor flower-mart in the parking lot of Mounds View <br /> Square. Linder's was previously issued CUPs for the 1995 and 1996 growing season. No changes <br /> are proposed in the location, layout and operation from previous years. <br /> 0 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 without incident. The charges for permitting such water usage include a $100 hydrant deposit, <br /> a$20 wrench deposit and a$20 adapter valve deposit. These deposits are refundable. The <br /> applicant's request to connect to the fire hydrant has been approved by the Department of Public <br /> Works, subject to receiving the appropriate deposits. In addition, the applicant will be billed $1.00 <br /> per day for water service, which should equal or exceed the cost of the water used. <br /> Analysis: <br /> Mr. Linder is expecting to operate the Flower Mart from April 15 to June 30, 1997, but would like <br /> the CUP to be effective from March 15 to July 15, 1996, to accommodate for seasonal fluctuations <br /> and assembly/disassembly. Linder's Flower Mart is a perennial Mounds View business, having <br /> been at the same location for the past four years. Staff is not aware of any problems associated <br /> with this operation. <br /> The flower mart will be located at the edge of the Mounds View Square parking lot, alongside of <br /> Highway 10. The closest residential neighbors at this point are the homes behind the shopping <br /> center and the Wildwood Manor senior apartments across Highway 10 to the south. The <br /> residences, separated from the flower mart by the shopping center and the highway, should bear no <br /> discernable impact from the use. <br /> • The flower mart is related to the needs of the residents of Mounds View in that there are no <br /> greenhouses within the City. The zoning for the shopping center is B-4 (Regional Business <br />