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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MONDAY, JULY 8,2002 <br />6. U02-2793 Revis Stephenson, 1850 Fox Ridge Road—After-the-Fact Conditional <br />Use Permit and Variances —Continued <br />Planning Commission if the alteration was significantly different from what they <br />understood it to be. <br />Galatz stated that the Council could decide Stephenson start from the wetland and cut the <br />hill back from there. <br />Murphy stated he would feel better if the contractor was there to admit his fault in the <br />mafter. He felt that Stephenson was too knowledgeable and intelligent to not have had <br />My idea what the contractor was doing. Sansevere stated he disagreed since people are <br />inclined to trust hired experts. Dayton stated that he had wimessed the whole process and <br />it was impossible to know how much dirt was going in until after it had been graded. <br />Mayor Peterson moved, and Sansevere seconded, to table the application for after- <br />the-fact CUP and variance for 1850 Fox Ridge Road. <br />Vote: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />Council Member White arrived at 8:45, during Item 7. <br />7. #02-2795 WJM Properties, 2605 Wayzata Boulevard—Commercial Site <br />Plan Review and Conditional Use Permit <br />Morrie Wagner, owner of Monies Automotive Group; Steve Ficktel, architect; and Peter <br />Johnson, attorney, were present. <br />Weinberger stated that WJM Properties had applied for a Commercial Site Plan Review <br />for changes to the use of the property located at 2605 West Wayzata Boulevard (formerly <br />Washington Scier.iific). They wanted to locate a wholesale distribution facility primarily <br />serving the retail :>utomotive operations under the Morries Automotive Sales Group. The <br />use would be consistent with the current zoning. The building would be used for auto <br />prep, a body siiup, storage, central parts warehouse, offices, and an indoor sales <br />showroom for fleet sales and leasing. <br />Weinberger stated that parking would be added on the south and west sides and a new <br />service road off of Highway 12 at the front of the building would also be added. New <br />vehicles for sale would be kept at the front of the lots, and vehicles brought in for body <br />work would be parked at the rear lot, within a fence. The outside storage of vehicles <br />required a CUP. <br />A second CUP was required for an “open sales lot” for the leasing and fleet operation. <br />The fleet sales operation would require 40 parking stalls, 15 at the north end of the <br />existing lot, and 25 in the new 45-stall lot to be developed at the north end of the existing <br />8 <br />r r, .MSAJUa