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Request for Action <br />To ItemNumber <br />PlanningCommission 5.1 <br />AgendaSection MeetingDate Prepared by <br />Planning ItemsJuly 28, 2015Zack Carlton, PlanningManager <br />ItemDescription Reviewedby <br />Request byPlant Place Inc. foraConditional Use ChrisLeeseberg, SeniorPlanner <br />Permit tooperateaconditionalhomeoccupation at Reviewedby11355207thAveNW. PublicHearing <br />ActionRequested <br />Recommend, bymotion, approval ofthe ConditionalUse Permit (CUP) requestbyPlant Place Inc. with <br />thefollowingconditions: <br />1.AsaConditionalUsePermit isnotaBuilding Permit, theapplicant shallapply forallrequired <br />permits. <br />2.Theproposedstorage areashallbereduced in sizesoas notexceed oneacreintotal storage <br />area. <br />3.Anyproposedexpansion oftheimpervioussurfaceareawillneedtobe reviewed forcompliance <br />withthe city’sstormwater requirements. <br />4.Businessoperations shallnotoccur outsideofthefollowinghoursofoperation: 8a.m. to5p.m. <br />Monday through Friday <br />5.Businessoperations may alsooccur9a.m. tonoonSaturdaysAprilthrough June. <br />6.Retail saleswillnotbepermitted. <br />7.Wholesale tothegeneral public will notbe permitted. <br />8.Noise levels shallnot exceedtheMPCA noise pollution guidelines forresidentialuses atthe <br />property line. <br />9.Freestanding signageshallbelimitedtosixfeetinareaandsix feetinheight. <br />Background/Discussion <br />Case No. CU15-12 <br />PlantPlaceInc. is requesting approval ofaCUP tooperate anoff-sitenurseryretailoperation andan on- <br />sitewholesale nurserybusiness asaconditional home occupation. Operationsassociated withtheretail <br />portionofthebusinessincludestoring greenhouse frames, equipment, and plantmaterial foruseat <br />seasonalgardencenter locations throughout Minnesota. Allretail salesareconductedoff-site. The <br />wholesale business willbe appointment onlyandwillnotbeopentothegeneral public. Anychangesto <br />thescopeofoperations asidentified intheapplicant’snarrative willrequire anamendment totheCUP. <br />The propertyisa24.5acreparcelintheR-1a zoning districtandisbordered byHighway169/Brook Rd <br />tothe west, wooded residentiallotsto thenorth, acornfieldtothe east, andresidentiallot tothesouth. <br />The applicanthasalsoplanted80evergreentrees, sixfeettall, alongthe eastandsouthproperty lines with <br />plans foranother150trees laterthisyear. The trees areintendedtoscreen thepropertyfromadjacent <br />thproperties. Thetopography of the sitescreens thebusiness operations fromviewalong207 Ave. The