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rather passive land use, Planning Division staff believes that the does INTERIM USE 54 not constitute an excessive burden on streets, parks, or other facilities. 55 c. The proposed use will not be injurious to the surrounding neighborhood or otherwise 56 harm the public health, safety, and general welfare. Land uses which are permitted in 57 a particular zoning district are designated as such because their normal operation is 58 not expected to compromise the public health, safety, and general welfare of the 59 community. As noted above, the proposed outdoor storage of motor vehicles is 60 practically equivalent to a permitted motor vehicle dealership in that location—except 61 that vehicles are not being sold at that location. Moreover, surrounding land uses 62 within the same RB District include a couple of motor vehicle dealerships, a 63 commercial vehicle repair facility, and a consumer tire store/vehicle repair shop; the 64 adjacent Office/Business Park District includes a commercial bakery and multi-tenant 65 office and warehouse properties; and the Industrial District west of the property is 66 home to Magellan Pipeline’s “tank farm” storage facility. Planning Division staff 67 believes that the proposed will not be injurious to the surrounding INTERIM USE 68 neighborhood or otherwise harm the public health, safety, and general welfare. 69 5.4Roseville’s zoning code only allows outdoor storage as a conditional use on industrially- 70 zoned properties and has a series of requirements which must be met to ensure that 71 whatever is stored outdoors is adequately screened and won’t have adverse physical 72 effects (e.g., erosion of materials, storm water problems, etc.) on adjacent properties. Of 73 these use-specific requirements, two of them seem applicable to the proposed INTERIM 74 : USE 75 a. Areas of outdoor activity or storage shall not be located between the principal use 76 and the primary public street. The site plan included with this report as Attachment D 77 indicates the area in front of the building that may not be used for the outdoor 78 storage. 79 b. Areas of outdoor activity or storage shall be screened by a solid opaque wall or fence 80 at least 8 feet in height. Since the outdoor storage would comprise mostly passenger 81 vehicles and not large trucks or heavy equipment, Planning Division staff would not 82 recommend a fence taller than the 8-foot minimum required height. 83 5.5From aerial imagery of the property, pavement adjacent to the west end of 2755 Long 84 Lake Road appears to have been used as an expansion of the former motor vehicle dealer, 85 although Ramsey County data indicate that the property is owned by Northern States 86 Power Company (NSP). Since NSP has not been part of the application thus far, 87 Roseville cannot confer approval of the proposed within that parcel. INTERIM USE 88 MidAmerica Auctions is aware of this. If, however, NSP indicates its support of the 89 on its property before final approval of this application is granted by the INTERIM USE 90 City Council, Planning Division staff believes that the area may be used for outdoor 91 storage of motor vehicles without creating any additional impacts. 92 6.0PC UBLICOMMENT 93 6.1As of the time this report was prepared, Planning Division staff has received one email 94 from a neighboring property owner; this public comment is included with this staff report 95 as Attachment E. 96 6.2The duly noticed public hearing for this application was held by the Planning 97 Commission on August 1, 2012; draft minutes of the Commission’s discussion about this 98 PF12-010_RCA_082712 Page 3 of 4