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.J*, <br />3.Variance to permit the sand/salt storage facility to exceed the maximum allowed size for <br />an oversized accessory structure on a 6.65 acre lot. The Code permits a 2,400 square foot <br />oversized accessory structure on the property. The proposed building is 60 feet X 120 feet <br />in size, 7.200 square feet. The same section of the ordinance permits the total aggregate <br />of all accessory structures on this property is 4,800 square feet. According to the most <br />recent site plan the total proposed square footage for accessory buildings is only the <br />salt/sand storage facility (7,200 square feet). (Section 10.03, Subdivision 9 (C) (2)) <br />4.Conditional Use Permit for the grading on the property and construction of the stormwater <br />management poud. (Section 10.03, Subdivisions 19-21). <br />Minnesota: <br />1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Orono, <br />FINDINGS <br />This application was reviewed as Zomng File #2555. <br />The property has been used as a County Highway maintenance facility since at least <br />1962, the time the original building was constructed. In 1962 the zoning of the <br />property was for commercial purposes, since the property was rezoned to LR-IC. <br />Because the use of the property has not changed since the rezoning, the facility has <br />been allowed to exist as a legal non-conforming use. The facility is used primarily <br />for winter road maintenance, with a coverage area for this facility from County <br />Road 15 between Mound and Highway 12, County Road 19 from Orono to <br />Excelsior. <br />The Planning Commission reviewed this application and recommended denial of <br />the Zoning Code Amendment to the LR-IC District based on the following: <br />A. The Comprehensive Plan has guided the property for residential use. The <br />proposed expanded use is much more intense than what the property is <br />currently used for. <br />Page 2 of 9