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Date Application Received: 02/18/2025 Date Application Considered as Complete: 02/28/2025 60-Day Review Period Extension Expires: 04/29/2025 To: Chair Bollis and Planning Commission Members Adam Edwards, City Administrator From: Matthew Karney, Planner Date: 17 March 2025 Subject: LA25-000009, Midco, 3245 Wayzata Boulevard West (PID: 3211823140002) Interim Use Permit – Public Hearing Background The applicant requests an Interim Use Permit (IUP) to utilize an approximately five (5) acre portion of a 25.8-acre parcel at 3245 Wayzata Boulevard West for staging and storage to support a utility fiber project. The applicant requests the duration of this IUP to run through the end of December 2026. The materials to be stored on the property will be reels of conduit and fiber, storage containers for smaller equipment, and trash containers. The use of the property will be during the hours of 7AM and 7PM, with the applicant and its contractor accessing the site with a rock construction entrance to pick up and deliver materials as needed. The applicant intends to begin staging the site following approval of the IUP and will install erosion control measures to address the open working areas on the site. The applicant has indicated the area subject to the IUP will be adequately maintained and will be reverted to its present conditions with vegetation at the end of the IUP’s timeline. Interim Use Permit Analysis The property is zoned RR-1B, which requires an IUP for temporary facilities for construction staging, materials, and equipment storage when such facilities are associated with public rights-of-way. This proposed an IUP supports the proposed fiber installation project within the public rights-of-way within the City. Per Section 78-421 of the City Code: Temporary facilities for construction staging, materials and equipment storage, and materials recycling, when such facilities are associated with adjacent public road construction or reconstruction projects in the City of Orono. a) Time limit—The facility must be completely removed and the site returned to its original state or better within six months of project completion. Based on the timing provided by the applicant, the site would need to be returned to its original state by the end of June 2027. b) Applicant shall submit plans indicating the site layout, scheduling and timing of the use, and the routes for trucks hauling materials to and from the site. The applicant submitted a site plan showing the general layout of the staging and storage operations on the site, as well as operating hours for site access. Hauling routes were not provided with the application. Application Summary: The applicant requests an interim use permit for equipment storage and staging associated with a utility project in public rights-of-way. Staff Recommendation: Planning Staff recommends approval. 72