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required. There appeared to be 8 to 10 parking stalls to the <br />front of the structure. Staff advised the applicant to file an <br />appeals application so that a determination can be made regarding <br />the use before preparing expensive plans for a commercial site <br />plan review. If the use is deemed compatible with the intent of <br />the zoning district, applicant would be advised to proceed, but <br />that at present staff could not guarantee when the City would <br />permit the operation to open. <br />Review applicant's addendums Exhibit D that define the <br />warehouse/retail operation. The philosophy of the firm appears <br />to be that the warehousing takes place right on the retail <br />shelves. Types of products have limited appeal, this is not <br />quite the kind of store that the local housewife would be <br />visiting on a regular basis, at least not the usual Orono <br />housewife. Northern Hydraulics products appeal to the industrial <br />company, contractor, builder and home repair hobbyist. Staff has <br />defined Orono's industrial district as a light industrial <br />district, in comparing other cities that distinguish between a <br />light and a heavy industrial. Unfortunately, there is no intent <br />cited in our code for the industrial district. <br />----- - ----- <br />----- -- --- ---- --- --------------------- <br />Staff has reviewed the zoning issues with three other cities that <br />have Northern Hydraulics' facilities as follows: <br />Fridley - The facility located on East River Road is in a heavy <br />industrial zone/industrial park/multi use building 9,492 square <br />feet of retail/showroom, defined warehouse area 4,069 square <br />feet. <br />Spring _LakP_Park - Site plan review to be conducted next week. <br />City staff sees no problem with the proposal, the site would be <br />on a 2 acre parcel, the structure will contain 25,000 square <br />feet, it will be located on a major highway within a re -tail <br />park/center, 25% will be rental business, 25% the warehouse and <br />50% a showroom/retail. <br />Burnsville - Home of Northern Hydraulics. Two facilities, one <br />anc3 the original, located in an industrial district approximately <br />10,000 square feet, 850 square feet of it is retail/showroom. <br />The other and newest facility is located in an industrial <br />zone. This facility will have 16,000 square feet mostly retail <br />with rental and warehouse use. <br />Staff had a long conversation with the Planner for the City of <br />Burnsville and he advised that for several years the City has <br />allowed certain types of industrial uses to have retail areas <br />within the same facility. He cited warehouse firms such as <br />carpet businesses, furniture, foods, automotive parts, farm <br />equipment, etc. He stated the very nature of the products <br />because of the size etc. suggests that it would not be suitable <br />for the commercial shopping district areas. <br />Websters New World dictionary defines retail �s follows: Sale of <br />goods or articles individually or in small quantities; sell <br />9 <br />