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Memo to the Planning Commission/ZC 99-6&CUP 99-27 July 27, 1999 Page 2 III Overview The applicants' current business location is 17230 Ulysses Street NW. They own and operate a warehouse and trucking facility. As stated in their letter, they are a growing business and need additional land to expand. History The Johnson Packaging Company building, located at 11090 173rd Avenue is currently vacant. Its previous use as a packaging company provides office and warehouse space ideally suited for the Novco operation. The applicants are proposing to do very little to the building or site prior to occupation. The structure is 7,500 square feet and is a wood frame building with a metal skin. Of the 7,500 square feet, 4,500 is warehouse and the remaining is devoted to office/open floor area. Analysis Zone Change When considering the rezoning from Light Industrial to Planned Unit Development, the • City must determine if the request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, the ordinance, and that it would create no undesireable impacts on adjacent uses or zoning. The Comprehensive Plan identifies this general area as Light Industrial. In recent years (1997 and 1998), the City has approved similar requests for Morrell Trucking and LeFebvre Leasing within two blocks of the subject property. Trucking/warehousing can be considered an industrial use and therefore, would be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. It should be noted, however, that the City removed trucking terminals as permitted and conditional uses from the I1, Light Industrial district prior to the above noted approvals. Warehousing, however, is still permitted, and would be consistent with the ordinance. Trailers are proposed to be stored on site when not being utilized for transport and deliveries. Adjacent land uses include a hotel and car dealership to the west, industrial to the south and east, and vacant land to the north. A large vacant area separates the hotel from the subject parcel. The rezoning would not have adverse impacts on adjacent uses. IIIApproving the rezoning would be consistent with the City's economic development strategy to promote business retention within the community.