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Item No: 07B <br />Meeting Date: April 17, 2024 <br />Type of Business: Planning Business <br /> Planning Case: CM2024-0001 <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Phil Carlson, AICP, Stantec, City Planner <br />Item Title/Subject: Bear Lot CUP <br />Address: 2375 Mounds View Boulevard <br />PID: 083023310076 <br />Zoning: B-3 Highway Business <br />Owner: Herod Real Estate LLC, Richard Herod III <br />Applicant: Melanie Emery, The Ewing Group, LLC <br />Request: Conditional Use Permit Amendment (auto body repair and <br />painting) <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />The Bear Lot at 2375 Mounds View Blvd has operated an auto dealership and repair shop for <br />many years, selling cars, trucks, motorcycles, and RVs. The property operates under a conditional <br />use permit (CUP) originally issued in 1992 and amended several times since. The business and <br />property is to be sold and the owners are requesting an amendment to the CUP to allow auto <br />body repair and painting, which are not permitted now under the CUP. <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br />The Bear Lot at 2375 Mounds View Blvd was originally a Saturn dealership with a CUP approved <br />in 1992 by Resolution 4195. The CUP was amended in 1994, 1996, and 2010, allowing among <br />things, added parking stalls; expansion of the building; adding a car wash, landscaping, signage, <br />and lighting; and finally in 2010 removing the requirement for a new car license on the property. <br />A condition of the 1996 amendment remains in effect: “[V]ehicle repair, servicing and maintenance <br />are permitted on this site, excluding body work and painting.” <br />