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Schifsky IUP Page 2 4. ANALYSIS: The purpose of interim use permits is to allow a use under certain conditions that would otherwise not be allowed under the zoning regulations, but because of its temporary nature may be acceptable. Interim use permits establish a framework for the regulation of temporary land uses. The city council may authorize interim uses of property by issuance of interim use permits. Interim uses that are not consistent with the land use designated on the adopted land use plan may be authorized. Interim uses that fail to comply with the zoning standards established for the district within which the use is located may also be authorized. The applicant is currently has a purchase agreement for the property located at 5725 1651h Street North. The property is zoned Future Urban Service (FUS) and guided as Industrial (IND) in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The property is 10 acres and includes a house and two accessory buildings. The property currently has a number of junk vehicles, storage containers, and debris stored on the property. The interim use permit includes a condition that all junk vehicles, storage containers, and debris shall be removed from the property prior to conducting the landscape business on the property. The applicant is requesting approval of an interim use permit to allow the operation of a small landscaping and excavation business on the property. The applicant is also proposing to live in the house on the property. The interim use permit is required since the property is zoned Future Urban Service (FUS) and a landscape business is not an allowed use in that zoning district. The property is unique in the underlying land use in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan is guided as Industrial. Once municipal sewer is available, the property would be eligible to be rezoned to an industrial zoning district which would allow a business of this type and other more intense uses. Overview of Business Operations The applicant has 10 employees, including himself. There are three office workers and seven people that work in the field on job sites. The applicant has stated that this property would be used as a base location for the business, such as a place to meet, park trucks and equipment, and some material storage. Retails sales is not proposed at the property. Client meetings will be at the clients home or at the job site of which they will be working. The business hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. The employees will meet at the property in the morning to load the equipment and materials and leave to go to the job sites. Their personal vehicles will be left at the property. At the end of the day they will return to the property to drop off the equipment and leave to go home. The number of vehicle trips per day will be up to 26 trips per day. All business related traffic shall be directed east towards Highway 61. The business vehicles and equipment include: • 2 Dump Trucks • 3 Pickup Trucks (one of which is the applicants personal/work vehicle) • 3 Equipment Trailers 2