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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes January 16, 2007 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 vicinity or injurious to property values of improvements in the area. She stated, to protect the residential nature of the neighborhood, the hours of operation would be limited to Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and closed on Sunday and no overnight outside storage would be permitted. She indicated Mr. Hamann intends to do all work in the repair bay located inside the building to control the noise level so as not to disrupt activities in the neighborhood. She stated the proposed automotive services would not include the use of solvents, paints, lacquers or strong odor producing processes. Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated the third criteria is the proposed use must be necessary or desirable at the specified location to provide a service or a facility which is in the interest of public convenience and would contribute to the general welfare of the neighborhood or community. She indicated Mr. Hamann contends the B’Yond Automotive would offer a convenience to the citizens of St. Anthony in that the auto services would provide a wide variety of customizing services to the residents and contributes to the general welfare by encouraging residents to do business locally. Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated the fourth criteria indicates the City Council has specified all conditions which the Council deems necessary to make the use compatible with other uses in the area. She stated the proposed automotive uses are compatible with the commercial zoning district with the conditions as set. She stated the proposed use is to be sited in the commercial area on Kenzie Terrace that is situated close to residential areas of St. Anthony and northeast Minneapolis. She indicated the site previously consisted of small restaurants and a video rental shop. Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated that because of its close proximity to single family homes, Staff proposed the following conditions to protect the residential nature of the neighborhood adjacent to the proposed site of B’Yond Automotive: the hours of operation would be limited to Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and closed on Sunday; no storage, particularly overnight; to mitigate and control the level of noise so as not to disrupt activities of the neighborhood, all work is to be done in the repair bay located inside the building; the use of solvents, paints, lacquers or strong odor producing processes would be considered a violation of an approved Conditional Use Permit and would be cause for the City to deem the approved CUP null and void. Mr. Hamann approached the Commission and stated this is a customizing shop dealing with custom stereo, alarms, tires, specialty rims, and window tinting. He stated he accepts the conditions as stated. Commissioner Jensen asked Mr. Hamann that if he continued his business beyond 5:00 p.m., but was not opened after 5:00, did he see this as subject to interpretation. Mr. Hamann replied he may have an employee working on the inside but that it would not affect noise on outside. He stated he would not have the doors open beyond 5:00 p.m. He reported the bay is in the back of the building where there are no visible windows to indicate that the business is open.