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r Item No. le 7. QO Staff Report No. 97--2):3 1 Meeting Date: June 23, 1997 i Type of Business: Public Hearing WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mayor and City Council From: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of Resolution No. 5139 Approving a Conditional Use Permit for Outdoor Sales for Merryville Farm Market at Moundsview Square Shopping Center; Planning Case No. 483-97 Date of Report: June 20, 1997 Summary: Kirk Olson, 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, 1997 to September 21, 1997. 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 its farm in Waverly. The stand is a five-sided gazebo-like structure with a canvas roof, and is 14 feet wide at its 410 widest point and 9 feet high at the peak. The stand requires no utility hook-ups. The produce stand was granted a CUP last year for this same location. Staff is not aware of any problems associated with this operation. Mr. Olson 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 until July 15, 1997. 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. Also there will probably be an overlap of customers going to Linder's as well as to Merryville Farm Market and the shopping center. Signage for the produce stand will be accomplished with small banners affixed to the gazebo base (as shown on the attached photo) and lettering on the canvas roof(not shown on the photo.) The Moundsview Square Shopping Center is in the B-4 Zoning District. The City's Zoning Code allow for outdoor sales in this district with approval of a conditional use permit, provided that: a. Outside service, sales and equipment rental connected with the principal use is limited to 30 percent of the gross floor area of the principal use. b. Outside sales area is fenced or screened from view of neighboring residential uses or an abutting residential district in compliance with 1103.08 (1) through (5) of the Zoning • Code. c. All lighting shall be hooded and so directed that the light source shall not be visible from the public right of way or from neighboring residences and shall be in compliance with