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MEMO DATE : January 21, 1999 TO : Honorable Mayor and Council FROM : Jim March RE : Goetz Landscape, Special Use Permit ************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * ** * * * ** * ** * ** A special use permit is required by Ordinance #4 under the discretion of the City Council. Past policy has been to require a public hearing for new building construction (either commercial or industrial). A public hearing was held for Goetz Landscaping and Irrigation, Inc. at the January 5, 1999 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. The minutes from that meeting are included in your packet. A letter of support from Northern Forest Products was submitted for the record and a copy is included in your packet. There was no one in attendance that spoke against this project. There was a motion to have the special use permit addressed at the next meeting of the Council, with attention paid to the Commissions stipulations. I indicated that their stipulations would be addressed in the actual Special Use Permit document that would be reviewed by Council at this meeting. Enclosed is a copy of the Special Use Permit with the Planning and Zoning Commission stipulations per their motion. Paul Palzer was in attendance at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting and he has reviewed the Special Use Permit There is some background information in the packet for the Council on this issue. Included as supplemental information are the specifications for the landscaping, specifications for the green houses, correspondence from Anoka County and an item by item breakdown of how this project will address each point in the industrial appendix of Ordinance #4. Also included is a timeline for the project as well as the response to each stipulation (from Goetz Landscape) that was raised at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. A large site plan for ultimate build out of this lot is available at City Hall and is on the easel in the Council chambers. I would recommend approving the Special Use Permit for this project. Council will have the opportunity to review the main building design, once the applicant applies for a building permit this fall. Mr. Goetz has reviewed the design team sketches and indicated at the Planning and Zoning meeting that they would like to incorporate some of those ideas into their new building. If anyone has any questions, comments or requires some other information on this project, please do not hesitate to contact me. Mr. Goetz will be in attendance at the meeting to answer any possible questions.