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Item No: 5A <br />Meeting Date: November 7, 2007 <br />Type of Business: Public Hearing <br /> <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 the Storage of <br />Flammable Liquids at 4815 Mustang Circle; Planning Case <br />No. CU2006-009 <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The applicant for this case is 7T’s Management, which owns one of the lots upon which <br />Tyson Company is situated. They are requesting approval of a conditional use permit to <br />allow for the storage of flammable liquids on their property located at 4825 Mustang Circle. <br />The site is zoned “Industrial” and currently encompasses four lots for a total of approximately <br />20 acres. The applicant is currently working with Ferrellgas in New Brighton to relocate their <br />business onto the southern part of their property. Currently Ferrellgas is located at 1430 Old <br />Highway 8, New Brighton, in the northwest quadrant area that is being redeveloped, and the <br />city is buying their property. Tyson Company currently has a Conditional Use Permit in order <br />to allow for a motor freight terminal. An amendment to the current Conditional Use Permit is <br />required in order to allow for the storage of flammable liquids in an industrial zoned district. <br /> <br />Ferrellgas sells propane gas and the site would have three 30,000 gallon above ground <br />storage tanks, along with two smaller buildings, similar to their current site. They would have <br />four to eight employees on site (more employees during the winter). <br /> <br />Ferrellgas has been in existence since 1939 and is the nation’s leading retail propane <br />company. They serve all 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. They have been located in New <br />Brighton for the last several years. There has been a propane business in the same New <br />Brighton location for decades, but it has been sold a few times over the years to different <br />companies, with Ferrellgas being the most recent owner. <br /> <br />This planning case first came before the Planning Commission in October 2006. The <br />Planning Commission tabled the case and requested a risk management plan be submitted <br />to the City by Ferrellgas. At that time, Tyson was proposing to place Ferrellgas to the west of <br />Fedtech’s building on the southern part of this lot, due to Tyson’s plans for their own new <br />building. In this location Ferrellgas would have been at least 400 feet off of the street and <br />fairly well hidden from street view behind Fedtech’s building. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Section 1116.04 of the Zoning Code conditionally allows storage of flammable liquids as a <br />conditional use in Industrial districts. The applicant is proposing to have three main above <br />ground propane tanks and will construct two smaller buildings, approximately 1,500 square <br />feet and 1,800 square feet, for office space, storage, and a dock for cylinder filling.