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PLANNING REPORT DA TE: 5 December 1990 CASE NUMBER: 2190 APPLICANT: Lebens Flowers, Inc. LOCA TION: 1021 W. Larpenteur Avenue (see sketch) ACTION REQUESTED: Special Use Permit Outside Display Merchandising for and PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1. BACKGROUND Lebens Flowers and Greenhouses is a long established Roseville business located at 1021 West Larpenteur Avenue. As a garden store, Lebens has been displaying a variety of nursery stock, annual and perennial plants, and seasonal merchandise outdoors for many years. The purpose of this application is to comply with the new ordinance requiring a Special Use Permit for outdoor display and merchandising. Since the criteria for approval of Special Use Permits for outdoor display were listed in the planning report for Case Number 2188, they will not be repeated here. A summary of our findings related to the review of those criteria as they relate to this application is listed below. 2. DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS Planning Considerations To date the review, of Special Use Permits for outdoor display and has been limited to motorfuel stations, hardware stores, and similar commercial establishments. In these cases, the displays were incorporated into the parking lots or sidewalks in front of the entrances. This application is different. Lebens Flowers has a designated outdoor sales are that is separated from the parking lot by a 4-foot chain-link fence. According to the letter from the applicant, this area contains 10,400 square feet. Although there is no specific reference to the amount of indoor display, the property is 660 feet by 330 feet (217,800 square feet - 5 acres) and much of it is covered by greenhouses. Since the garden center is separated from the parking lot by a fence, it will not have an adverse effect on vehicular circulation. Since it is designed as an outdoor store, it will not cause any problems for pedestrian circulation.