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City of Farmington
325 Oak Street
Farmington, MN 55024
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SPECIAL MEETING
APRIL 22, 2008
7:00 P.M.
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a) Conditional Use Permit for 22068 Canton Court - Impound Lot
Applicant:
DISCUSSION
Lorenz Towing
22068 Canton Court
Farmington, MN 55024
a) Parking Lot Plan - 808 2nd Street
b) Planning Commission Workshop on April 22, 2008 Cancelled
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City of Farmington
325 Oak Street
Farmington, Minnesota
651.463.7111 . Fax 651.463.259l
www.ci.farmington.mn.us
TO:
Planning Commission
FROM:
Lee Smick, AICP Jv
City Planner {J
SUBJECT:
Conditional Use Permit Public Hearing - Impound Lot
DATE:
April 8, 2008
INTRODUCTION
The applicant, Steve Lorenz, has submitted an application for a Conditional Use Permit to open
an impound lot at 22068 Canton Court (Exhibit A). The property is zoned B-3 (Heavy
Business). This is a public hearing for a CUP that was noticed in the Farmington Independent in
the April 10, 2008 edition.
DISCUSSION
On March 3, 2008, the City Council approved the use of an impound lot as conditional in the B-3
zoning district. The following language was approved at that time:
Impound Lot: Any structure or land devoted principally to the storage of impounded vehicles or
recreational vehicles with or without an office on the premises for the release of those types of
vehicles. The impounded vehicles need to be parked in a building or in the rear of a building and
any outside parking needs to be 100% screened.
On April 8, 2008, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed permit during the discussion
portion of the meeting. The following information was reported at that meeting and corrections
made during the meeting are in italics:
The impound lot operation will consist of an impound/towing use where cars are either
impounded on the lot at 22068 Canton Court upon police direction or autos are towed to a
repair shop. Some of the cars parked in the lot may be accident vehicles. The hours of
operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There will be staff members on site at all
times. Mr. Lorenz currently has a staff of lO and owns 5 trucks for towing autos.
Mr. Lorenz is renting half of the existing building with an interior space of 5,000 square
feet (Exhibit C). The rented space is at the south side of the building. Some cars will be
stored inside of the building for security purposes, hO'.\'e'ler, Storage of cars inside of the
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building is not permitted, therefore, all of the impounded cars will be parked at the rear of
the building located on the east side of the property. The cars parked outside will be
parked on the existing class 5 material. Mr. Lorenz proposes to screen the east, south,
and west sides of the fence with bfe.wfI: white slats. Because the impound business \yill
be operated at the south end of the building, no screening 'Hill be required on the north
side of the lot since the current property O'.vner still o'.vns a business in the north side of
the building. The applicant will ask the property owner to the north if he can screen the
fence.
Security lights currently exist on the building and will light the outside impound lot.
Security cameras will also be mounted to the building.
Discussion bv the Plannine: Commission on Avril 8. 2008
The Planning Commission discussed the following items and concerns:
l. Screening the lot on the east. Commissioner Larson suggested that a condition should be
required for screening the east fence by the applicant if the existing trees are removed, or
the golf course to the east develops. - The applicant agreed to this requirement. (Exhibit
B).
2. Screen north lot. The applicant asked the owner of the fence to the north if he could
screen the fence and it was approved. Exhibit C shows photos of slats and Exhibit D
shows remainder of property.
3. Should a fence be located between the impound lot and Tracy Bauer's (owner of the
property at 22068) business for tighter security for the impound lot? The entire lot is
fenced for security purposes so no fence between the applicant and Mr. Bauer's property
is required.
4. The elevation of the cars parked on the lot is 900.79 feet and 897.35 feet on the golf
course. (Additional elevations are shown on Exhibit E).
5. No storage of cars inside of building is allowed because the building is not sprinkled.
ACTION REQUESTED
Staff recommends approval of the Conditional Use Permit application with the following
conditions:
l. Impounded cars may not be stored within the building at any time.
2. The screening of the fence on the east side of the property will by installed by the
applicant when one of the following occurs, l) the trees are removed, or 2) development
occurs to the east of the property.
Respectfully submitted,
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City Planner
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City of Farmington
325 Oak Street, Farmington, MN 55024
(651) 463-7111 Fax (651) 463-2591
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City of Farmington
325 Oak Street
Farmington, Minnesota
651.463.7111 . Fax 651.463.2591
www.ci.farmington.mn.us
TO:
Planning Commission
Lee Smick, AICP ., V pi
City Planner v'(;6
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Parking Lot Configuration - 808 2nd Street
DATE:
April 22, 2008
INTRODUCTIONIDISCUSSION
At the February 26, 2008 Planning Commission meeting, the Commissioners approved the
variance to expand the envelope of the nonconforming structure at 808 2nd Street. At the time,
the property owner did not submit a parking lot plan, however, the Commissioners requested that
the plan be discussed when it was submitted to the City. The plan was submitted on April 11,
. 2008 and staff is bringing it to the Planning Commission for discussion.
The following are the conditions of the approved variance:
l. A parking lot plan showing a paved, striped parking lot with 8 spaces (multi-family
parking spaces = 2.5 spaces per unit) is required.
2. A grading plan for the paved parking lot is required.
3. The parking lot needs to be screened by a fence, wall, landscaping or earth berm because
the lot consists of more than 6 spaces in a residential district.
4. Landscaping (1 tree and 3 shrubs as possible due to existing trees) every 40 feet along the
perimeter of the parking lot is required.
5. The applicant submits a bond for the parking lot costs.
The plan shows the required 8 spaces, however, the length of the parallel spaces need to be
increased to 22 feet rather than 20 feet. The driveway and parking areas will be asphalted and
the south driveway will need to maintain a 5-foot wide setback from the south property line.
Asphalt will be located to the building foundation line on the south side of the building, and
grass areas will be maintained on the north side of the building between it and the parking
lot/driveway.
At the time of this writing, a revised parking plan has been requested by the engineering division
in order to review the drainage on the site upon installation of the parking lot. Additionally, a
. landscape plan has been requested per the conditions of the variance (see attached letters)j.
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ACTION REQUIRED
Discuss parking lot plan.
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Lee Smick, AICP
City Planner
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City of Farmington
325 Oak Street
Farmington, Minnesota
651.463.7111 . Fax 651.463.2591
www.ci.farmington.mn.us
TO:
Planning Commission
Lee Smick, AICP (JV
City Planner ~6~
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Planning Commission Workshop: 2030 Comprehensive Plan - 2008 Update
Work Plan Preparation
DATE:
April 22, 2008
INTRODUCTIONIDISCUSSION
The Planning staff is continuing to prepare a draft work plan derived from the Policies and
Strategies generated from the January and February 2007 Visioning Sessions. At this time, staff
is requesting that the Planning Commission cancel the workshop that was to be held on April 22,
2008. Staff will discuss a proposed date for a workshop in May at the May 13th Planning
Commission meeting.
ACTION REQUESTED
Cancel the April 22nd Planning Commission workshop for the 2030 Comprehensive Plan - 2008
Update Work Plan.
Respectfully Submitted,
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