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Item No: 5A Meeting Date: December 5, 2007 Type of Business: Public Hearing City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: CONTINUED: Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for the Storage of Flammable Liquids at 4815 Mustang Circle; Planning Case No. CU2006-009 Introduction: The applicant for this case is 7T’s Management, which owns one of the lots upon which Tyson Company is situated. They are requesting approval of a conditional use permit to allow for the storage of flammable liquids on their property located at 4825 Mustang Circle. The site is zoned “Industrial” and currently encompasses four lots for a total of approximately 20 acres. The applicant is currently working with Ferrellgas in New Brighton to relocate their business onto the southern part of their property. Currently Ferrellgas is located at 1430 Old Highway 8, New Brighton, in the northwest quadrant area that is being redeveloped, and the city is buying their property. Tyson Company currently has a Conditional Use Permit in order to allow for a motor freight terminal. An amendment to the current Conditional Use Permit is required in order to allow for the storage of flammable liquids in an industrial zoned district. Ferrellgas sells propane gas and the site would have three 30,000 gallon above ground storage tanks, along with two smaller buildings, similar to their current site. They would have four to eight employees on site (more employees during the winter). Ferrellgas has been in existence since 1939 and is the nation’s leading retail propane company. They serve all 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. There are 34 Ferrellgas locations in Minnesota, but only four in the metro area (Anoka, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, and New Brighton). They have been located in New Brighton for the last several years. There has been a propane business in the same New Brighton location for decades, but it has been sold a few times over the years to different companies, with Ferrellgas being the most recent owner. This planning case first came before the Planning Commission in October 2006. The Planning Commission tabled the case and requested a risk management plan be submitted by Ferrellgas. On November 7, 2007, Tyson requested that the case be tabled in order to better address concerns from the City and neighbors. They have recently submitted a new site plan that again has Ferrellgas being located at the most southerly end of their property, behind the Fedtech building. In this location Ferrellgas would be at least 1,000 feet from Townsedge Terrace homes and fairly well hidden from street view behind Fedtech’s building. Discussion: Section 1116.04 of the Zoning Code conditionally allows storage of flammable liquids as a conditional use in Industrial districts. The applicant is proposing to have three main above ground propane tanks and will construct two smaller buildings, approximately 1,500 square feet and 1,800 square feet, for office space, storage, and a dock for cylinder filling.