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Currently Gem Lake.. has AutoNation & Barnett auto dealerships in the City. These are <br />currently considered non -conforming uses. A new dealership is interested in. locating in <br />Gem Lake and AutoNation is considering a facelift to their building. <br />An alternative to amending the Consolidated Land: Use Ordinance would be to approve <br />an Interim use Permit. The Interim Use Permit. section of the ordinance was: adapted to <br />accommodate existing use which are no longer permitted within the City: Interim Use <br />Permits are regulated. by Sections 14.42 and 17.5 of the Consolidated Lane Use <br />Ordinance.. An Interim Use Permit expires March 15 of each year and must -be reviewed <br />annually. Conditions for approval .fan Interim Use Permit may be required by the City. <br />Council. <br />When reviewing an Interim Use Permit (or CUP), the following criteria must.be reviewed <br />and measured by the. Planning Commission and City Council: <br />1) Adjacent Uses; and <br />2) Air. and. Water Quality; and. <br />3). Traffic Generations; and <br />4) Public Safety and Health; and <br />.5) Area Aesthetics; and <br />6) Economic: Impact on the Entire Area; and. <br />7) Consistency with the Comprehensive Municipal Plan; and <br />8) Anticipated Duration of the Conditional or Interim Use.. <br />Staff recommends the Planning Commission and City Council consider two <br />approval/denial options when reviewing this proposal. <br />1) Consider. approval of. an. Interim Use. Perrri t fo.r the proposed parking lot, <br />2) Consider approval of an amendment to the Consolidated Land Use <br />Ordinance, adding automotive dealerships to the list of uses permitted or <br />conditionally permitted in the Gateway Zane. <br />TRlpsw <br />cc:admin/add file <br />b:carfit <br />2 <br />