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Item No: 7A Meeting Date: May 6, 2015 Type of Business: Other Planning Activity City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Discuss Proposed Code Amendment for Christmas Tree Sales The City of Mounds View requires business licenses for Transient Merchants, which includes Christmas Tree Sales. The transient merchants must also comply with the zoning code, which requires a conditional use permit for outdoor sales for more than 10 days. The Mounds View Zoning Code that would be applicable to 30 days of Christmas tree sales is Chapter 1112.03 (B-1, Neighborhood Business): 1114.04: CONDITIONAL USES: The following are conditional uses in a B-3 District (requiring a conditional use permit based upon procedures set forth in and regulated by Section 1125.01 of this Title): Subd. 5. Open or outdoor service, sale and rental as a principal or accessory use and including sales in or from motorized vehicles, trailers or wagons for a period greater than ten (10) days; (Amended, Ord. 733, 5-10-04) a. Outside services, sales and equipment rental connected with the principal use is limited to thirty percent (30%) of the gross floor area of the principal use. b. Outside sales areas are fenced or screened from view of neighboring identical uses or an abutting R District in compliance with subdivisions 1103.08(l) through (5) of this Title. 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 sections 1103.08 and 1103.09 of this Title. d. Sales area is grassed or surfaced to control dust. e. The open or outdoor service, sale or rental use does not take up parking space as required for conformity of this Title. f. The provisions of subdivision 1125.01(1)e of this Title are considered and satisfactorily met.