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APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT NARRATIVE REPORT Applicant: ABRA, Inc. Property: 2033 County Road C-2, Roseville~ MN ABRA, Inc., on behalf of a joint venture with Wally McCarthy Automotive, is applying for a Special Use Pennit to operate an automotive wholesale fleet repair and reconditioning facility to be located in a multi-tenant industrial building described as 2021-2033 County Road C-2~ Roseville, MN. This building is part of a six building complex of which four buildings, including the subject building, are owned by St. Paul Properties~ Inc. and two additional buildings under separate ownership. (See site plan attached.) The proposed repair and reconditioning facility will occupy 18~OOO square feet in a building of 48,000 square feet in size. The exact location is noted on the site plan attached. The current space is served by one drive-in overhead door on the south side of the building and three loading docks on the north side of the building. The applicant intends to install two additional drive-in overhead door on the south side of the building. The nature of the business is the repair and reconditioning of automobiles under fleet ownership. The vehicles will be received in the facility on an appointment basis. The automobiles will be reconditioned to include the installation of new tires, engine tune-ups, upholstery and interior reconditioning, glass replacement, minor body work and painting, exterior clean up and other miscellaneous repair and reconditioning procedures with the objective of returning the automobile in excellent condition for continued fleet use by the applicant's customers. This business is not a retail operation, but rather a service facility for customers with fleet operations. The business is a new joint venture operation between ABRA, Inc. and Wally McCarthy Automotive. ABRA, Inc. is a ten year old business with over 23 auto body facilities throughout the metropolitan area. Wally McCarthy Automotive has multiple dealerships throughout the metropolitan area and has been in business for numerous years. Both companies currently have operations in the city of Roseville. The proposed fleet repair and reconditioning facility will offer fleet customers greater convenience, the highest level of professional service and accountability by an experienced and professional automotive organization. Since a detailed site plan including all parking stalls does not currently exist, I personally surveyed the building and estimate that there are thirty striped stalls along the south side of the subject building, 2021, approximately 20 stalls on the north side of the building, approximately 6 parallel stalls on the east and west side of the building and approximately 18 stalls on the north end of building 2001 which serves building 2021. This is approximately 80 parking stalls for a building of 48,000 square feet or a ratio of 1 stall per 600 square feet. On a prorata basis, the applicant's leased facility of 18,000 square feet would be allowed 30 parking stalls. The applicant does not anticipate employing more than 15 service technicians at this facility at any given time. The applicant will be receiving all fleet automobiles on an appointment basis and will not require any outside storage of automobiles. The applicant currently has a large parking lot at its Long Lake road facility and will shuttle fleet automobiles between the Long Lake road parking lot and the reconditioning facility. The applicant is prepared to meet all The City of Roseville' s requirements for the servlcmg of automobiles inside the facility. The applicant believes the anticipated use will have no adverse~ functiona1~ physical or economic changes to the real estate or the community of Roseville.