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MEMO TO: Mayor and City Council 04 FROM: City Planner Herman DATE: December 1, 1988 SUBJECT: VARIANCE DENIAL APPEAL FOR PUBLIC STORAGE, INC., LOT 1, BLOCK 9 AND A PORTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 10, SILVER LAKE WOODS, PLANNING CASE NO. 254-88 Attached is a letter from Donald Jensen of PSI and Tore Wistrom of Kraus -Anderson requesting an appeal from the Planning Commission variance denial. At this time, the Council discussions and subsequent action should focus only on the variance request for the PUD minimum size requirement. PSI with Kraus -Anderson has requested the following: 1) A variance from the PUD minimum lot size requirement; the site is 4.1 acres including proposed street vacated right-of-way; the requirement is 5 acres. 2) A rezoning of the property from a B-2 to PUD; the issue is whether a mini -storage facility should be a permitted or conditional use in a B-2 zone; it currently is not. 3) A subdivision of the property; in order to accommodate the mini -storage and office building proposed, the lots must be re -subdivided. 4) Site plan approval; the developer requests approval of the project and vacation of Mounds View Drive, north of County Road I Staff has felt, as did the Planning Commission, that the project did not meet the conditions of Chapter 40.26, Subd. D, for granting a variance. The proposal letter submitted by PSI dated :-tober 11, 1988, gives five reasons for granting the variance. .,,ey are as follows: 1) Prior to Burger King Acquisition, this parcel was 5.1 acres, including Mounds View Drive, which is proposed to be vacated. 2) The busin-ss of self storage is not specifically listed in the current zoning book. 3) The business of Public Storage, Inc. and proposed office uses meet the "purpose" definition of the mixed use PUD. 4) The shape of this remaining 4.1 acres creates more development opportunities via PUD zoning than straight B-2 zoning.