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Staff Report Applicaon: Condional Use Permit for Contractors Yard to be lo cated at 1591 Park Road Planning Commission Review Date: September 17, 2024 City Council Review Date: September 23, 2024 60 Day Acon Deadline: October 7, 2024 Case #: 24-09 Project Address: 1591 Park Road Draed By: Rachel Arsenault Staff Report Date: September 11, 2024 Summary of Request: The property owner is requesng a condional use pe rmit for a contracng yard to be permi,ed on the property loca ted at 1591 Park Road. LOCATION: 1591 Park Road PROPOSED MOTION: “The Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends approval of the requested conditional use permit for a contracting yard subject to the conditions of approval and adoption of the Findings of Fact and Recommendation.” OWNER: Tiger Investors LLC ZONING DISTRICT: Industrial Office Park (IOP) 2040 LAND USE: Office Industrial ACREAGE: 5.27 Acres LEVEL OF CITY DISCRETION IN DECISION MAKING: The city has limited discretion in approving or denying Conditional Use Permits, based on whether or not the proposal meets the conditional use permit standards outlined in the Zoning Ordinance. If the city finds that all the applicable conditional use permit standards are met, the permit must be approved. This is a quasi-judicial decision. Noce of this public hearing has been mailed to all property owners within a quarter mile. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS: Chapter 20, Article 20-IV Conditional Uses Chapter 20 Article 20-XXII "IOP" Industrial Office Park BACKGROUND Historically this property was the public works building for the city of Chanhassen. The property currently has a landscaping company as a tenant which uses the property in part as a Contractors Yard. The Property Owner and landscaping company were made aware that a Condional Use Permit (CUP) is required in order to operate a contractor’s yard at the property. As a result, the property owner is pursuing a condional use permit to bring the property into compliance. EXISTING CONDITIONS: The property currently has two tenants: automove r epair and a landscaping contractor business. The property currently has two buildings constructed on it as well as a hoop house for salt storage, and concrete storage bins for organizaon of various landscaping materials. SITE PLAN: The Applicant is proposing to repave the area proposed to be ulized as a contractor’s yard as the pavement is currently in poor condion. In addi on, the paved area will be confined with curbing to properly direct the stormwater. The southwest poron of the property is proposed to be remediated back into pervious ground cover and landscaped which will reduce the amount of stormwater generated and required to be treated by the site. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CODE: Sec 20-232 General Issuance Standards The planning commission shall recommend a condiona l use permit and the council shall issue such condional use permits only if it finds that such use at the proposed locaon: a) Will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, or general welfare of the neighborhood or the city. b) Will be consistent with the objecves of the city's comprehensive plan and this chapter. c) Will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained so to be compable in appearance with the exisng or intended character o f the general vicinity and will not change the essenal character of that area. d) Will not be hazardous or disturbing to exisng or p lanned neighboring uses. e) Will be served adequately by essenal public facili es and services, including streets, police and fire protecon, drainage structures, refuse disposal, water and sewer systems, and schools; or will be served adequately by such facilies and services provided by the persons or agencies responsible for the establishment of the proposed use. f) Will not create excessive requirements for public facilies and services and will not be detrimental to the economic welfare of the community. g) Will not involve uses, acvies, processes, materia ls, equipment, and condions of operaon that will be detrimental to any persons, p roperty, or the general welfare due to excessive producon of traffic, noise, smoke, fumes, glare, odors, rodents, or trash. h) Will have vehicular approaches to the property which do not create traffic congeson or interfere with traffic or surrounding public thoroughfares. i) Will not result in the destrucon, loss or damage o f solar access, natural, scenic or historic features of major significance. j) Will be aesthecally compable with the area. k) Will not depreciate surrounding property values. l) Will meet standards prescribed for certain uses as provided in this arcle. (Ord. No. 80, Art. III, § 2(3-2-3), 12-15-86; Ord. No. 377, § 23, 5-24-04) The proposed contracng yard complies with the stan dards required for contracng yards in City Code. Sec 20-289 Contracng Yard 1. Equipment and supply storage must be screened or enclosed. Screening shall comply with buffer yard D and F4 fencing as specified in this chapter. 2. Vehicles/equipment shall be stored within an enclosed or screened area. 3. No unlicensed or inoperable vehicle/equipment shall be stored on-premises. 4. All chemicals shall be stored in proper storage facilies, specified by OSHA regulaons. 5. The contractor shall be licensed, bonded and insured. (Ord. No. 377, § 27, 5-24-04) LANDSCAPING This property requires year-round screening, accomplished through a fence or coniferous trees. The southern property line is sufficiently screened from view with thick tree planngs, the east property line is screened using fencing, and the north is screened by the building and addional landscaping. The west property line contains a hole in the screening beginning 130 feet south of the NW property corner, spanning 75 feet long towards the SW property corner. This area is composed of trees with canopies that begin roughly 6 feet in the air, leaving a gap of visibility to the property. This screening should be improved by adding two spruce trees inside the property along the driveway to the contractor’s yard. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff finds the proposal conforms to the general issuance standards. Staff recommends approval of the requested condional use permit for a contra cng yard subject to the condions of approval and adopon of the Findings of Fact and Re commendaon. CONDITIONS: a) Equipment and supply storage must be screened or enclosed at all mes by fencing or vegetave screening. Screening shall com ply with city code. b) Vehicles/equipment shall be stored within an enclosed or screened area. c) No unlicensed or inoperable vehicle/equipment shall be stored on-premises. d) All chemicals shall be stored in proper storage facilies, specified by OSHA regulaons. e) The contractor shall be licensed, bonded and insured. f) All pavement surfaces must be repaired and maintain a quality level of condion, free from potholes and crumbling. g) The scope of the Contractors Yard may be increased if the amount of paved and screened area is increased, up to the allowed amount according to the zoning district, Industrial Office Park (IOP). Increase in impervious surface may require modificaons and alteraon to the stormw ater migaons on site. h) Two spruce trees, a minimum of 4 feet tall at plan ng measured from finished grade, shall be planted along the driveway within the property, along the NW corner of the space defined as contractor yard on the site plan Exhibit C.