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<br />Memo to Mayor and City Council/CD 04-24 <br />October 18, 2004 <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to operate a contracting business as a <br />home occupation. A conditional use permit is required because outdoor storage is involved <br />and he will be utilizing a truck that is larger than 26,000 pounds. <br /> <br />The property is 6 % acres in size and is located at the end of a private driveway that serves <br />two other residences. The land surrounding the applicant's property is undeveloped <br />farmland, woods and swamp. There is a house and a 30' x 50' pole building on the property. <br />The nearest residence is about 400 feet away from the existing storage building. <br /> <br />Analysis <br /> <br />The outdoor storage includes the dump truck and materials. The material stored outside is <br />gravel used in his septic system installation business. In order to mitigate the visual impact of <br />the outdoor storage on the adjacent residences, the applicant should consider expanding the <br />existing indoor storage or placing the outdoor storage area behind the exiting building and <br />providing screening. <br /> <br />The residences most affected by this request are the two that share the driveway. By locating <br />the outdoor storage behind the exiting buildings and planting evergreens, the outdoor <br />storage could be effectively screened from adjacent homes. <br /> <br />Standards for Issuance of a Conditional Use Permit <br /> <br />The issuance of a Conditional Use Permit can be ordered only if the use at the proposed <br />location: <br /> <br />1. Will not endanger, injure or detrimentally affect the use and enjoyment of other property in the <br />immediate vicinity or the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the <br />neighborhood or the city. <br />2. Will be consistent with the comprehensive plan. <br />3. Will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of surrounding vacant <br />property. <br />4. Will be served adequately by and will not adversely affect essential public facilities and services <br />including streets, police and fire protection, drainage, refuse disposal, water and sewer systems, parks <br />and schools; and will not, in particular, create traffec congestion or interference with traffic on <br />adjacent and neighboring public thoroughfares. <br />5. Will not involve uses, activities, processes, materials, equipment and conditions of operation that will <br />be detrimental to any persons or property because of excessive traffec, noise, smoke, fumes, glare, <br />odors, dust or vibrations. <br />6. Will not result in the destruction, loss or damage of a natural, scenic or historic feature of major <br />importance. <br />7. Will fully comply with all other requirements of this Code, including any apphcable requirements <br />and standards for the issuance of a license or permit to establish and operate the proposed use in the <br />city. <br /> <br />S:\PLANNING\Case Files\2004\CU 04-24 Bitner\CU04-24CC10-18.doc <br />