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i <br />Mk .' <br />r. <br />ti- <br />GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PER <br />MUNICIPAL ZONING CODE SECTION 31.100 File //742 <br />vmEREASy Craig Olson^ hereafter "applicant", has made application to the <br />City of Orono, hereafter City", to permit the repair of transmissions of cars and <br />light trucks at the service station located at 1960 Shoreline Drive and legally de­ <br />scribed as Lot 2, Block 1, Tourangeau Addition, hereafter "the property'*j and <br />Whereas, per Resolution 961, a resolution that approved the service station <br />as a legal non conforming use, under Section 31.100 of the Orono Zoning Code, the <br />applicant, or the future owner of the service station, seeks to amend Resolution 961, <br />Section 11, item (1) <br />"Light repair and exchange of parts in motor vehicles " <br />to Include the repair of transmissions and replacement of parts of transmissions and <br />engines. <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Coulcil of Orono, Minnesota: <br />Findings <br />1. The application was reviewed as Zoning file No. 742. <br />2. The property is located in the LR-IA Lakeshore residential Zoning District. <br />3.On December 18, 1978, Council approved Resolution ^961. a resolution that approved a Conditional Use Permit establishing a lawful - non conrormxng use <br />on the property. <br />4. The lawful <br />1978. <br />— non conformin;' use has continued on the property since April, <br />5. For the past two years the station has had three different operators. The <br />periods of operation ran from 6 months to 9 months. <br />6. The station has been vacant for long periods of time but never for 12 <br />contiguous months. <br />7. The applicant claims that at the current level of approved uses, setforth <br />in Resolution 961, the station cannot compete with other service stations. <br />8. The neighboring residential property owners support the service station use <br />and claim the following: <br />a) The property has been in use as a service station for over 35 years. <br />'54 <br />A r <br />iiHliittii millll <br />• - • ••v;.