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August 4, 1976 PLANNING REPORT CASE NUMS�R: APPLICAflT: L�CATION: 997-76 Dwayne E. Albrecht, 2200 Doswe�l S�r�eet, St. Paul, MN South of Coun�y Road C, Wes�eriy of Hamline (see sketch) ACTION REQUESiED: Rezoning from R--}. -�o I-J. and Special [�se Permi-i far a Contractor's Yard PLANNING CONSID�RAiION�: 1. The property in question was occupied for many years by the "Centur�y Fence Company" who used the praperty for the stor�ae of fencing sup�lies and equipment and fabrication of -�encing materials. Ti�e pro�er�y i s er�cl ased wi �h a chai r� l i n!c fence. 2. You wil� note from the zoning patterr� ind�cated on the map at the left that the norther�y portion of tF�e land as well as that COTI�IJUOUS tp the �rest and �he east is zoned industrial. The southerly portian, however, is zoned resfdential and the Century Fence people occupied the soutF�erly por�ion as a"nan-conforming use". �rorn an aesthetic s�andpoirit, it can be said ihat the Cen�ury Fence opera�i�n was a constant problem in as much as there was little a�ttemp-� to keep ihe souther�y� portion o-f the pr-operty in an orderly fashion. A�tl of this has now been cleaned up by Mr. Albrech�i, who proposed ta p�rchase the proper�ty a�d operate his "Landscape-Construction" business from - thi s si te. 3. NEr. Albrecht operates °ALBRECHT LA[•dDSCAP�", loca�ed at 1523 Como Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota. According to �r. Albrecht, he specializes in the design, construction, and maintenance o-f Torro Autamatic Lawn 5prin�Cler Systems. He has Qre�ared a very general site plan indi�ating th� �roposed use of the land wherein a�proximateZy the souti�erly lI6 feet of the property Uiould be used for "nursery stocf� F�ol di ng" . One hur�dred fee� north of that {up to the ex�sting zoning line) would be occ��ied by a praposed 40 foot by 60 foo� building and employee parking. Th� westerly 15 feet of the proper�y contiguous io �he single famfly t�ome is proposed to be 7andscaped �o -Function as a screen to the cantiguo�s single fam�7y residence. lrle suggest that this proposed screening be con�7nued on the south line af the praper�y as well, so as ta screen the property from the R�3 iand imr�ediately cont�guoUS along the sou�h �ine (see sketch), 4. �-1r. AZbrecht indicates that he has reviewed his proposal w�th th� coniiguaus szngle farzily homeowner, who we understand, endorses his concept and his cleaning up of �he pra�erty frQm its fQrmer condition.