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Item No: 5A <br />Meeting Date: June 6, 2007 <br />Type of Business: Commission Business <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for an <br />Outdoor Summer Seasonal Produce Stand in the <br />Mermaid Parking Lot at 2200 County Road 10; <br />Planning Case No. CU2007-003 <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The applicant, Craig Gilb with Merryville Farms, is requesting approval of a conditional use <br />permit to operate a summer seasonal produce stand in the parking lot of the Mermaid at <br />2200 County Road 10 from approximately June 21 – September 3 each year. Merryville <br />Farms has been operating their summer produce stand at Mounds View Square since 1996 <br />and would have continued in that location except that the mall property owners did not renew <br />the lease agreement with Merryville Farms this year. Merryville Farms wanted to stay in <br />Mounds View and was welcomed by the Mermaid to move to their parking lot. <br /> <br />Requirements: <br /> <br />Section 1115.04, Subd. 2: which allows for open or outdoor service, sales and rental as an <br />accessory use for a period of greater than 10 days with a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). <br /> <br />Section 1125.01, Subd. 1e: The Planning Commission is required to review the possible <br />adverse effects of the requested conditional use. <br />Section 1125.01, Subd. 1g: which states that the Planning Commission shall make findings <br />of fact and recommend such actions or conditions relating to the request as it deems <br />necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of the Zoning Code and forward such findings <br />to the City Council. <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The produce stand would be open seven days a week from approximately 10:30am to <br />6:30pm, and would be selling produce home-grown from Waverly, Minnesota. The stand is a <br />gazebo-like structure with a roof and is 14 feet wide and 9 feet high at the peak. The stand <br />requires no utility hook-ups and would take up about two parking spaces. Merryville Farms <br />was granted a Conditional Use Permit for their Mounds View Square location, but since <br />conditional use permits go with the land, not the user, they need to apply for a new CUP for <br />their location at the Mermaid. Staff is not aware of any problems associated with this <br />operation since they have been in Mounds View. <br /> <br />Signage for the produce stand will be banners affixed to the gazebo base and lettering on the <br />roof. As was done previously, the conditional use permit is drafted in such a way so they will <br />not need to appear before the Planning Commission and City Council each year. The