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Date Application Received: 2/21/27 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: 2/27117 <br />60 -Day Review Period Expires: 4/28/17 0 <br />To: Chair Thiesse and Planning Commission Members <br />Doug Reeder, Interim City Administrator <br />From: Mike Gaffron, Senior Planner <br />Date: March 20, 2017 <br />Item 6 <br />Subject: # 17-3 910, Lakewest, LLC, 3245 Wayzata Boulevard <br />- Interim Use Permit: Temporary Site Use for Construction Staging <br />- Public Hearing <br />Application Summary: The applicants are requesting that the City approve a permit for <br />interim use of the property at 3245 Wayzata Boulevard for staging of construction activities <br />associated with the County Road 112 (Wayzata Blvd.) Improvement Project expected to <br />begin in 2017. This application can only be approved if the companion application for <br />establishment of an Interim Use Ordinance is approved, <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval of an Interim <br />Use Permit for this site subject to specific conditions. <br />List of Exhibits <br />Exhibit A. <br />Application <br />Exhibit A <br />Preliminary Site Plan and Proposed Use Narrative <br />Exhibit C <br />Public Works Director Comments <br />Exhibit D. <br />Fire Chief Comments <br />Exhibit E. <br />MCWD Permit <br />Exhibit F. <br />Hennepin County DOT Permit <br />Exhibit G. <br />Plat Map <br />Exhibit I-1 <br />Property Owners List <br />Background <br />The applicants received preliminary plat approval for a 27 -lot residential development of the <br />property at 3245 Wayzata Boulevard in July 2016. Pending more favorable market conditions, <br />they have chosen to not proceed immediately with the residential development. However, they <br />have requested to be able to allow temporary use of the site as a staging, storage and materials <br />recycling yard for the upcoming CR 112 (Wayzata Blvd) improvement project. The highway <br />improvement project, under the auspices of Hennepin County, is being done in phases, and could <br />take up to 4-5 years for completion. <br />Staff for the last few months has been receiving inquiries from contractors searching for a staging <br />area for the highway project. There appear to be few suitable options. This site would appear to <br />score high marks in terms of such a use: <br />