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Outside Storage and Display, Case No. 1874 <br />Page 2 <br />of a structure. Such items may include, but not limited <br />to: rock salt, charcoal, fire wood, liquids for human <br />consumption, motor vehicle fluids, and heavy equipment such <br />s lawn mowers, snow blowers, etc. <br />e) Retail stores located in a multi tenant building may conduct <br />outside sales and storage of merchandise in accordance with the <br />aforementioned conditions for a period of time to not exceed <br />eight days per store per year. In such locations, a minimum of <br />6 feet of sidewalk clearance must be maintained at the front of <br />a store facility where that walk connects the front access to <br />other retail stores. <br />2. If this language is adopted, or language similar, no permits would be <br />required to conduct such outside storage and display. It will, of course, <br />be difficult to administer, particularly the tallying of eight days of <br />sales for a store in a shopping center. For such sales, it would be <br />possible to construct the ordinance so as to require a permit from the. <br />building inspection office. Such permits are regularly issued for <br />temporary signs, real estate sales signs, and temporary outside displays <br />in the past. For instance, when Target used to have outside display <br />and sales for garden store equipment in the spring, a temporary permit <br />was issued for that purpose. <br />3. In fact, if the Planning Commission and Council desired to do so, all <br />outside merchandising could be conducted on a permit basis. There <br />appears that there are relatively few merchants who regularly display <br />outside their retail store or service station. Depending upon the <br />anticipated number of applicants that may apply, such permits could be <br />processed by the Staff directly, or if you prefer, reviewed by the <br />Council and/or the Planing Commission. <br />