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