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public health, safety, and general welfare, and that it will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary for the public to take the property in the future. The issuance of an Interim Use Permit is no guarantee that the trailer parking will be given permanent land use status, nor that the Interim Use Permit could even be extended. 5.0 STAFF COMMENTS: 5.1 The vacant Meri�ex parking area is currently under utilized. In the past, the parcel has been used for passenger vehicle parking when the UnisyslMerite� office structure at 2555 Walnut was fully occupied. Some of the site has previously been used for trailer storage. 5.2 Accepting this request would create a temporary industrial use within an appropriately zoned (I-2, General Industrial) area of Roseville with similar heavy industrial uses. Specifically, to the north is Willamette Industries (light manufacturing and assembly), Old Dutch Foods (snack food processing and distribution) and Triangle Warehouse (dzstributionlwarehouse); to the northwest is Highcrest Center (Unisys office, research and development); to the southeast is Northstar Financial Forms (office & form printing) and Interstate 35W; to the east is the parking lot for Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & Associates; and to west directly across Walnut Street is Highcrest Park (office, manufacturing, research, and development). 5.3 The Comprehensive Plan consistently has recommended that trucks and trailers move from industrial areas east of the Interstate to the areas west of the freeway, which is designated for industrial uses and primarily zoned general industrial (1-2). Because the trailers will be moving from the Twin Lakes area, staff has concluded that utilizing the Terminal Road/Long Lake Road route to and from the project site will create less of aal impact and disruption (vehicle conflicts) to the business along Walnut Street. 5.4 Because this land is considered the secondary parking area for the UnisyslMeritex building, this storage use should be considered temporary ( a type of "land banking") and limited to the two year term or less if the building should lease up again with new business and many employees. Approximately 800 to 900 passenger vehicles could park on the site. With this temporary trailer storage, no more than 300 trailer units could be parked on the site. 6.0 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: 6.1 The Community Development Staffrecommends APPROVAL ofthe INTERIM USE PERMIT for the reasons stated in Section 5 of the project report dated August 3,2005, subject to the following conditions: The temporary use (truck trailer parking) must be limited to two years. Trailers must be common freight trailers, with a maximum of 300 stored on the site at any one time. Petro-chemical tankers are prohibited. Should the Meritex building at 2555 Walnut again lease space to companies who must have additional employee parking during the term of this 1UP, Meritex must remove trailer parking, RCA PF3659(fl82205} -Page 3 of 6