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Planning Commission Meeting June 15, 1993 Page 6 1 Franzese inquired if there were any parking restrictions on the applicant's site right now. 2 Urbia said there was not. Franzese felt it is hard to justify restrictions if there are 3 currently no restrictions and because the business has a good track record. Werenicz felt 4 it would be pertinent to add a parking condition. Faust felt this condition was necessary 5 to give the City leverage to control long-term parking of junk cars. Madden felt a good 6 compromise would be no car over 48 hours. He felt junkers are not brought into a first 7 class operation like the applicants. 8 9 Motion by Madden, seconded by Franzese to recommend approval to the City Council. 10 with the following conditions: (1) parking lot must be striped for 23 spaces; (2) curbs 11 must be installed in the areas specified on the drawing and be insurmountable and be of 12 concrete; (3) if a canopy is installed, lighting must shine down; (4) if the proposed 13 addition is built in the future, the lot must be subdivided into one parcel; (5) no car may 14 be stored for no more than 48 hours; and (6) the property address must be changed from 15 a 27th Avenue address to a Kenzie Terrace address. 16 17 In recommending approval of the request, the Commission finds that there was one 18 person for the request and one against the request and that this is not only a 9 neighborhood issue but an issue of the business community surviving. Commissioner 0 Franzese wished to include a friendly amendment that the request meets the three 21 requirements for a conditional use. 22 23 Motion Carried Unanimously 24 25 D. Petition for Variance. James R. Bona, St. Anthony Unocal, Inc., 2812 27th 26 Avenue Northeast 27 28 The hearing was opened at 8:07 P.M. by Chair Faust who read the Notice of Hearing 29 which had been published in the June 2, 1993 edition of the St. Anthony Bulletin. 30 31 Mr. Urbia explained that a variance is required for the canopy, as a portion of the 32 canopy is outside of the building envelope. The variance would be for 28 feet. The 33 canopy and pumps could not be closer to the building due to traffic flow problems and 34 the cost of moving the pumps. Potential hardship that could be identified is the unusual 35 shape of the lot, the cost to move the pumps, and traffic flow problems if the canopy and 36 pumps must be moved. 37 38 Commissioner Franzese questioned the economic issues. Urbia explained that economic 39 reasons could not be identified alone as a hardship in granting a variance. 40 01 Gondorchin questioned if the hours of operation would be expanded. Urbia believed they 2 would not be expanded.