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Item No: 5D Meeting Date: June 7, 2006 Type of Business: Public Hearing City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate ermit for a Motor Drive troduction: idwest Motor Express, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to tor freight terminal located at 2169 Mustang Drive. This property was sion: .04 of the Zoning Code conditionally allows motor freight terminals as onditional uses in industrial districts. The applicant would continue operating on the Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Conditional Use P Freight Terminal at 2169 Mustang Planning Case No. CU2006-005 In The applicant, M llow for a moa developed in 1974 as a trucking terminal and has continued to operate as such for the last 32 years. For unknown reasons, a conditional use permit has never been issued to this property. Midwest Motor Express recently applied to the City for a development review of an expansion to their building and while doing research, staff discovered that a conditional use permit was never approved for this property. At this time, Midwest Motor Express is applying for a conditional use permit to continue operating as a trucking terminal at 2169 Mustang Drive. Discus Section 1116 c property as a trucking facility. CUP Considerations: Use Permit application, Chapter 1125 of the Zoning Code requires that the Planning Commission review and address any potential adverse effects which ensive Plan With every Conditional include, but are not limited to; relationship with the Comprehensive Plan, geographical area involved, potential depreciation, the character of the surrounding area, traffic, adequate utilities and access roads and the demonstrated need for such a use. Each of these potential adverse effects is listed below: Relationship with the Compreh : The Comprehensive Plan encourages the expansion of existing businesses and introduction of new businesses within Mounds View. 2169 Mustang Drive and all the surrounding properties in the industrial park are designated as light or heavy industrial on the Future Land Use Map and this trucking terminal would not be inconsistent with the Comp Plan. This particular property is designated as “Heavy Industrial” on the Comp Plan maps. The Geographical Area Involved: This business is located on Mustang Drive in the Mounds iew Industrial Park. The trucking terminal would continue to not be out of place for this V industrial area.