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PLANNING REPORT DATE: 11 September, 1991 CASE NUMBER: 2386 APPLICANT: Glenn Mischke, MAT Properties LOCATION: 1920 County Road C ACTION REQUESTED: Interim Use Permit (Truck rental and sales) PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1. BACKGROUND The property in question was the subject of a special Use Permit in 1976 to allow truck rental on the site (see attached correspondence from Rick Jopke and Roger Jensen). That permit expired in 1979, but the City did not review the permit or ask the owner to cease the truck rental use. When the current lessee (Strick Trailers) asked recently to expand the use to include trailer sales, we researched City files and discovered the lapsed permit. We informed the owner that he would need to either cease the use, renew the Special Use Permit, or apply for an Interim Use Permit. He chose the latter and is requesting that the use be allowed to stay temporarily until the current lease is up in three years. 2. DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS The site is illustrated on the attached plan. Almost the entire property is enclosed with a cyclone fence and contains parked trailers on a gravel lot. There is a small building at the north edge of the site and five parking spaces outside the fence at the north edge, adjacent to County Road C. The site does not meet City Code standards. To comply with the design standards and the setbacks, the building materials would need renovating, the lot would have to be paved, and the parking spaces would have to be moved back 40' to meet the setback. There is no landscaping on site. However, the site is well-maintained for leasing operation, and is more attractive neighbors in the area. The use is not essentially the same use has occupied the site a truck trailer than many of its changing, since for 15 years.