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On August 19, 1996, the City Council approved an ordinance amendment <br /> • removing junkyards as a conditional use in the I-1 zoning district. When Mr. <br /> Charest submitted the missing information on August 23, 1996, staff <br /> informed Mr. Charest that the ordinance had changed and junkyards were no <br /> longer allowed in the light industrial zoning district. Staff informed Mr. <br /> Charest that he could: <br /> 1. Comply with the approved 1995 site plan (SP 95-04). <br /> 2. Apply for a conditional use permit for outdoor storage accessory to a <br /> principal use in the I-1 zone. <br /> 3. Apply for a zone change, land use plan amendment, and a conditional use <br /> permit for a junkyard in the I-2 zoning district. <br /> The property is currently zoned light industrial (I-1) with a light industrial <br /> (LI) land use. Junkyards are not allowed in this zoning district. Although <br /> Mr. Charest describes his operation as a contracting business, the existing <br /> and continued use of this the site clearly falls within the definition of a <br /> junkyard. Therefore, Mr. Charest has requested a zone change and land use <br /> plan amendment from light industrial to medium industrial, and a <br /> conditional use permit to operate a junkyard in the medium industrial (I-2) <br /> zoning district. <br /> ZONE CHANGE <br /> • The property in question is currently zoned light industrial. The property is <br /> bounded by single family residential on the west, medium industrial to the <br /> north of the railroad tracks, and light industrial to the east and south. The <br /> land on the Highway 10 access is zoned highway commercial, however, it is <br /> being considered by the City Council to be rezoned to light industrial. <br /> The railroad to the north provides a physical boundary between this property <br /> and the medium industrial property to the north. Therefore, by rezoning this <br /> property to medium industrial, the city would be crossing the railroad's <br /> physical barrier to introduce a medium industrial zoning district. This may <br /> be inappropriate with the surrounding land uses located between the railroad <br /> and Highway 10. <br /> When amending the Zoning Map, the Planning Commission shall give <br /> consideration to existing conditions within the area directly and indirectly <br /> affected by the proposal, the conservation of property values, the use to which <br /> the property affected is being devoted at the time, and relevant provisions in <br /> the land use plan. <br /> • <br /> S:\PLANNING\KENDRA\CUMG-17.DOC <br />