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Date: March 17, 2025 Item: 6.1 <br />Presenter: Laura Oakden, Community Development Director <br />Section: Old Business <br /> <br />Title: LA24-000054, Rob Page, 430 Old Crystal Bay Road North, Conditional Use <br />Permit, Preliminary Plat, and Site Plan Review (Laura Oakden) <br /> <br /> <br />1.Purpose: <br />The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit, Preliminary Plat approval, and Site Plan <br />approval for an eighty-five (85) unit Garage Condo development. <br />2.MN§15.99 Application Deadline: <br />The applicant made a complete application on January 9, 2025. The initial 60-day review period <br />has been extended resulting in a review deadline of May 5, 2025 <br />3.Background: <br />The Applicant requested approval for a new Garage Condo business development on the subject <br />property. The proposed Garage Condo development take will access off of the new Orono <br />Industrial Boulevard on the north side of the parcel. The project is proposed as a condominium <br />format with the Developer/HOA owning the land and the units will be individually-owned for the <br />personal use of each owner. The common spaces on the property will be managed by an <br />association which will provide for general maintenance and stormwater drainage of the site <br />determined by the applicant. The development will not have a customer-facing/retail. <br /> <br />The applicant noted that the development would not have employees, but they may utilize a space <br />for unit sales while under construction. The applicant also notes the site will operate with <br />estimated business hours between 6 am-10 pm seven days a week. The site will be secured with a <br />fence and gate. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission reviewed the applicant’s request at the February 18, 2025 Planning <br />Commission meeting (Video and Staff Report) where a public hearing was held. Two letters from <br />the public were submitted for review; there were no public comments during the meeting. The <br />Commission discussed the proposal and requested additional information about the use of the site, <br />maneuverability plan, parking plan, timeline, and construction phasing. The project was <br />ultimately tabled and the Commission directed the applicant to provide updated information <br />addressing several issues. The applicant provided updated or additional information for review at <br />the March Planning Commission meeting, including photos of other garage condos in the Twin <br />Cities area for comparison, narrative, construction plans, civil plans, renderings and a traffic study <br />for the site. <br />4.Public Comment: <br />Staff have received comments from two members of the public that were included in the February <br />18, 2025 Planning Commission packet and are attached herein as exhibits. No other comments <br />have been submitted to staff. <br />5.Staff Recommendation: <br />AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />98