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Background/Discussion Case No. CU 16-09 The City Council approved a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the subject property on March 21, 2016. The conditions of approval are outlined in attached Council memo. Since that meeting, the applicant has contacted staff to request deviations from the approved conditions. In order to do this, they must amend the approved CUP. The current application includes several modifications to the previous approval. These include changes to the hours of operation, product breakdown, site fencing, dry van storage, and landscaping. Planning Commission meeting summary Staff updated the Planning Commission on the desired changes the applicant wanted with this amendment to their approved CUP. City staff did not agree with all of the requested changes and they are outlined in the commission Action Requested memo dated June 28, 2016. Vehicles The commission was informed that staff recently became aware the facility accepts vehicles as part of their operation. Staff updated the commission on the definition of a recycling processing center, which the applicant has applied for and is categorized as. City Ordinance defines the use as land or buildings wbere reusable materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled, including metal, rags, plastic, paper, cardboard, rubber (excluding tires, glass and wood products, or where segregated waste materials are reprocessed into usable, salable products. The salvage of automobile and macbinerparts are not included and shall be prohibited at a recyclingprocessing center. Staff had condition stating no vehicles or equipment shall be stored or recycled. The commission did not think that storing vehicles on site is the same as auto salvage. The commission made the recommendation that vehicles or equipment shall be allowed to be stored for transport only and shall not be salvaged. Since the meeting, staff has reviewed the ordinance as it relates to salvage and junkyards. The ordinance defines junkyard as: land or buildings where products resulting from the wrecking of vehicles or other machinery are bought, sold, excbanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled or bandled. The outdoor storage of two or more inoperative motor vebicles sball also be considered a-iunkyard. By definition, they are requesting to operate a junkyard. Junkyards are only allowed in the General Industrial (I-3) district. The subject property is zoned Light Industrial (I-1). If the Council desires this specific they should direct staff to process an ordinance amendment to allow the use in all I-1 zoning districts within the city. Currently, the use is only allowed in areas that are outside the Urban Service District. The applicant is not currently licensed or allowed to take vehicles or tires (or anything) through their county license. The applicant has applied for the required license but has not been granted a license and therefore is operating in violation of their existing license. The county could license them to take vehicles but as stated above, junkyards are not an allowed use on the subject property. The applicant maintained a license with Sherburne County at their previous location, but the relocation requires a new review and approval.