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�#.� REVIEW of REQUEST: � I Meritex Enterprises, Inc., represented by Steve Dorff, has negotiated a lease with a trucking firm (currently located in the Twin Lakes Phase 1 area) to utilize the vacant paved triangular parcel in the northeast comer of the property, which lies adjacent to Terminal Road and the Minnesota Commercial rail line, as a temporary freight trailer storage site for two years beginning in 2005 and extending through the summer of 2007. The trailers would be leased out as needed and returned to the site empty for storage until needed again. �.? During the proposed two year period of use, if the Meritex building werc to lease up again and need additional parking, with a 60 day notice fr�r� owner to tenant, portions of _ the temporary truck storage area would have to be dismantled to provide the necessary on-site passenger vehicle parking. �. � The applicant proposes to use the existing paved parking surface which was used for supplemental parking for the Unisys and Meritex building located at 2555 Walnut Street. Because of safety access issues and the temporary nature of this request, the paved truck parking area would not be fenced (as required by City Code). Four entry points would be created, three along Walnut Street and one along Terminal Drive. The paved surface now drains to grassy areas adjacent the site. �.� The Mer�fex property is located in an industrially area (I-2), which will have minimal impact on the surrounding industrial and trucking properties and uses. Permanent installation of a storage area or a truck terminal in an �T-2 zone normally would require approval of a conditional use permit. Since this is a temporary situation, staff advised the applicant that an Interim Use Permit was more appropriate, and did not create a permanent CUP use on a site. �1. � The site, approximately 63 acres, can currently provide parking space for 800 to 900 passenger vehicles. If used to capacity, the interim use for trailer parking could handle approximately 300 trailers at one time. Most trailers will be empty, all will be locked. While there are no residential uses within 1,100 feet of the proposed temporary site, truck movement activity will be directed from Twin Lakes at Cleveland and C, to Long Lake Road west via County Road C, then south on Long Lake to Terminal Drive, then west on Terminal to the storage site. d�.�� City Code Section 1p12.49A states: The City Council may authorize an Interim Use - Permit of property. Interim uses may not be consistent with the land uses designated on _ the adopted Land Use Plan. They may also fail to meet all of the zoning standards established for the district within which it is located. �i., City Code Section 10��.095 states: The City Council may attach conditions to Interim Use Permits. In reviewing Interim use Permit applications, the City will establish a specific date or event that will terminate the use on the property. The Council will also determine that the approval of the interim use would not result in adverse effects on the RCA I'�'3659(082205) - Page 2 of 6