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Messing CUP Staff Report March 8, 2022 Gem. Lake Planning. Commission Page 2 PROPERTY INFORMATION Description: 398.4 Scheuneman Rd is located. north of Highway 61, on the east side of the city. The lot.is rectangular in shape, and is 1.3 acres in size, per County records. iThe.house:on the site has an attached garage at .approximately 420 SF, as well as a 308 SF detachedshed/garage: located further back on the property.. The .site :is fairly flat, with the lotgradually sloping west towards the street. The east side of the property its bounded by the railroad tracks, and the city's border with White Bear Lake, Land. Use; Single -Family Residential PROJECT INFORMATION The applicant is, proposing to build.a structure that would be 2,176. SF in .size. The structure would. be two stories in size, with a maximum height of 25 feat. THe applicants are. proposing to use .the structure for storage, woodworking, as well as a potential home office in the upstairs space. The applicants would like to connect: the building to. utilities, which would include extending gas, water, -and electric to the building. The applicant has included designs of the structure; showin.g.a dark gray roof and siding; with doors -and columns having a wood finish: The: structure would have a lean-to along on the south side, providing a covered parch area of 6K SF..The. footprint of the garage,. plus. the covered porch, would total 2,856 SF.. The applicant is not planning on extending a driveway to the. proposed garage at this time. Consolidated Land Use Ordinance Requirements The Consolidated Land Use ordinance:outlines zoning requirements for new accessory structures in the. city.. Section 16,5.5 notes that "no combinations of accessory buildings shall be allowed to exceed one - thousand (1,000} square. feet in size,.except by Conditional or Interim Use Permit from the City Council''.