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City of Centerville Planning and Zoning Commission September 1, 2020 City Administrator Statz explained that the inquiring individual had not purchased the property yet, and was only there to explore whether or not the commission felt it was worth moving forward. 5. teway Circle/Fairview Street City Administrator Statz explained that a landscape business would like to purchase two parcels, one at 2005 Gateway Circle and the lot to the north of it to use for outdoor storage. Their future plan would be to build a storage building on the additional site within five years. Mr. Statz explained that city code states that there needs to be a primary structure on the lot in order to allow for outdoor storage. Commissioner Twohy asked if the code would be met if the lots were combined. City Administrator Statz stated that it would, but they would need a preliminary plat and approval from the planning commission in order to do that. City Administrator Statz asked if the commission would be willing to allow that if there was an agreement in place stating that if the company did not have a building up by a certain date then they would be in violation. The commission seemed to be in agreement that they would allow it under those conditions. VI. OLD BUSINESS. 1. Rehbein Black Dirt Interim Use Permit City Administrator Statz explained that Mr. Rehbein has an interim use permit with the city to operate a dirt thst business on the property between 20 Avenue and 21 Avenue on the north side of Fairview Street, which expires at the end of this year. The permit requires that all excess material be off-site by that date. The site is currently being marketed for development, but so far there are no buyers. The city is also actively marketing the property as a technology corridor in conjunction with the Economic Development Authority, Xcel Energy, Comcast, the Anoka County Regional Economic Development and Connexus Energy in an effort that was created by Anoka and Washington Counties. Commissioner Fehrenbacher asked if Mr. Rehbein would be out of business if the agreement were not extended. City Administrator Statz stated that if Mr. Rehbein were to go out of business, the dirt would probably remain. He also stated that it does not seem that any dirt has been added to the lot. The possibility of charging Mr. Rehbein a fee to extend the interim use permit was discussed. City Administrator Statz stated that the city already charges Mr. Rehbein a fee for each load he hauls out of the lot due to the damage it does to the road, however that fee is equitable to a problem that is caused, and he questioned if the city could charge a fee to obtain compliance. He stated that one avenue the city may be able to take would be to require that Mr. Rehbein set up a large escrow with a letter of credit. Commissioner Haiden requested that City Administrator Statz explore financial incentives as a way to get Mr. Rehbein to move the pile of dirt on the property. VII. NEW BUSINESS 1. Ordinance Review - Lawn Maintenance City Administrator Statz stated that did not state how long the grass could be, and only included the boulevard. He would like to change it to include the entire yard. Discussion took place Page 3 of 6