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<br /> <br />REQUEST FOR ACTION <br /> <br />To <br />Ci Council <br />Agenda Section <br />Community Development <br /> <br />Meeting Date <br />September 17, 2007 <br /> <br />Item Number <br />6.3. <br />Prepared by <br />Jeremy Barnhart, AICP <br />Plannin Mana er <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br />Item Description <br />Request by AJ's Complete Automotive for Conditional Use <br />Permit for Automotive Repair Shop, Case No. CU 07-24- <br />Public Hearing <br /> <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> <br />Staff and the Planning Commission recommend denial of the CUP request for AJ's Complete <br />Automotive for used car sales due to insufficient parking on site to satisfy the parking requirements for <br />the added vehicles and the standards for Conditional Use are not met. <br /> <br />Should the City Council wish to approve the use as presented, staff would encourage the Council to <br />consider conditions, including: <br /> <br />1. No parking on the green space between the parking lot and Highway 169 unless that lot is <br />paved with asphalt or concrete and concrete curb and gutter installed. <br />2. No more than five (5) vehicles may be offered for sale. <br />3. All signage shall be consistent with the sign ordinance. <br /> <br />Summary <br /> <br />The Planning Commission reviewed the proposed Conditional Use Permit to allow for sale up to 5 <br />vehicles at AJ's Automotive at their meeting on September 11, 2007. In the analysis of the application, <br />staffs opinion was that there was insufficient parking available necessary to satisfy the demand created by <br />the existing successful businesses and the addition of another business component. Being at the end of a <br />dead end street, there is little opportunity for parking relief should the parking lot become full. These <br />customers would have no choice but to utilize adjacent areas, hampering their use. For this reason, staff <br />felt the proposed use did not satisfy the standards for granting a Conditional Use Permit. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Discussion <br /> <br />The Planning Commission considered several alternatives to denying the proposal, including limiting the <br />number of vehicles offered for sale, and requiring improvement on adjacent property to provide <br />additional parking. Ultimately, the Commission discarded those options because the State, in the <br />licensing requirements, requires a minimum of 5 vehicles and the Commission felt uncomfortable <br />compelling improvements on an adjacent property. <br /> <br />S:\pLANNING\Case FiIes\CUP\CU 07-24 AJ's Complete Automotive\CC request for action- AJ Automotive.doc <br />