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RESOLUTION 2018 - APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SCHWIETERS PROPERTIES LLP, TO ALLOW EXTERIOR STORAGE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 13676 FENWAY BOULEVARD NORTH WHEREAS, Schwieters Properties, LLP, requested approval of a conditional use permit to allow an outdoor storage area on the property located at 13676 Fenway Boulevard North, and legally described as follows: Outlot A, Roy Molitor 2nd Addition WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said conditional use permit at a duly called public hearing on April 26, 2018, and recommends approval subject to the conditions listed in the conditional use permit. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the conditional use permit for Schwieters Properties, LLP, to allow an outdoor storage area on the property located at 13676 Fenway Boulevard North, subject to the conditions listed in the conditional use permit with the following findings: 1. The use is permissible by law. 2. The spirit and intent of the ordinance is to allow exterior storage larger than the principle building, as long as it's adequately screened from view of adjacent properties. The applicant is proposing to screen the exterior storage areas. Staff is comfortable with the proposed location of the outdoor storage area. Additional landscaping may be required to screen the locations on the east side of the property. 3. The comprehensive plan identifies this property as Business Park (BP). There are residential properties to the north of the building. The character of the area is for the most part industrial. There are buffers of woodland and proposed landscaping between the site and the residential uses. There will be other business park uses that will be developed on the south of the proposed site. It's in staff's opinion that the proposed use is compatible with the character of the area. 4. The property has adequate utilities available to the site. 5. The site has adequate access to Fenway Boulevard and will not generate traffic that will reduce the safety of public roads. 6. The property is not located within a floodplain. 7. The proposed use will not have materials swept downstream. 8. The site is not located adjacent to public waters.