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Mounds View Planning Commission July 10, 1996 1111 Regular Meeting Page 13 structures on the property and also reviewed the need to remove the temporary structures, used as classrooms, since eight years had already been provided for the temporary structures. Acting Director Pruitt reminded the Commission that the church was encouraged to look for other storage options and church representatives found that they could use space inside the church for classroom space if they were able to construct a storage facility. She noted that in April of this year the church withdrew its application for an extension of its conditional use permit for the temporary accessory structures and continued to say that they are now requesting an oversized garage to be used for storage space so that they may free up space currently used for storage inside the church and use it for classrooms. She noted that the Code defines private garages as, "a detached accessory building or portion of the principal building, including a carport, which is used for storage of vehicles." She continued by stating that the garage proposed at the site will not be used for storage of vehicles. Acting Director Pruitt noted that it appears the Code does not recognize that churches, which are allowed by conditional use permit in an R-1 district, may have all the demands for storage that single family dwellings may have and suggests that the impacts of an oversized garage on the site would not have any greater impact than a home with an oversized garage on the property. She explained that if the Planning Commission wishes to consider granting a variance to allow a garage on the site, then the next issue to consider would be whether to grant a conditional use permit for an oversized garage on the property. Acting Director Pruitt referred to a staff report dated April, 1988, which revealed that the • church requires 98 parking spaces and at that