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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-06 06-25 CCOCITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 25th day of June, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard at City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider an ordinance related to allowing the automobile dealership off-site storage of new vehicles as an interim use. Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request at least 96 hours in advance. Please notify the City Clerk at 763-569-3306 to make arrangements. ORDINANCE NO. 2018-06 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP OFF-SITE VEHICLE STORAGE AS AN INTERIM USE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Article I. Brooklyn Center City Code, Chapter 35 is hereby amended to establish a new Section 35-420 as follows: Section 35-420. AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP OFF-SITE VEHICLE STORAGE. 1. Interim Use. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Code, the off-site storag e of new vehicles by an automobile dealership is allowed in the following zoning districts with the issuance of an interim use permit: . 1-2. C-2. No interim use permit for automobile dealership off-site storage shall be issued for a site that abuts or is directly across a city or county right-of-way from a residentially zoned (Ri through R7) property. 2 Application. An application for an interim use permit for the off-site storaae of vehicles may only be submitted by an automobile dealership located within the city. Said application shall, in addition to the information required on the application form, include the following information: a. A description of the proposed vehicle stora g e that includes: (i)The maximum number of vehicles to be stored at the off-site location; (ii)An explanation of the purpose for the number of vehicles needing to be stored at the off-site location; (iii)An estimate of how often vehicles will be brought to and removed from the off-site location and the times and days of the week such activities are proposed to occur; (iv)The route to be used to transport vehicles between the automobile ORDINANCE NO. 2018-06 dealership and the off-site location, including how the property will be accessed: and (v) A map showing the portion of the property to be used for vehicle storage and showing how the vehicles are to be parked on the property; F The proposed length of time the property will be used for vehicle stora ge; and ç. Proof of ownership of the property or a copy of the proposed lease allowing use of the property for vehicle storage: 3. Issuance. An application for an interim use permit for the off-site storage of vehicles shall b e processed in accordance with Section 35-220, except that the following additional standards shall also be considered: . The proposed use must conform to the re gulations in this Chapter; b.The date or event that will terminate the use can be identified with certainty. c.Allowing the use will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary for the public to take the property in the future: and d. The applicant agrees to the conditions the City . Council imposes on the use. 4. Conditions. The City Council may impose any conditions on the interim use permits it issues as it deems are necessary or expedient to protect the public health, safetyor welfare, or to ensure the use will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary or expedient to take the property in the future. Every interim use permit shall identify the date or event that will terminate the permit. The applicant shall either expressly agree in writing to the conditions imposed on the interim use permit or shall be deemed to have agreed to all such conditions without exception or reservation if the applicant undertakes the use allowed by the permit. 5. Performance Standards. In addition to any conditions placed on an interim use permit by the City Council, the following restrictions shall apply to all interim use permits issued to an automobile dealership for off-site vehicle storage: a.Use of the off-site location shall be limited to the storage of operable new vehicles that are available for sale or lease to customers as part of the automobile dealership's business operations; b.Any vehicles stored shall be sold or leased at the automobile dealership located in the OIL . Any off-site location shall conform to Section 35-71 1 of the Zoning Code, Parking Lot Screening; ORDINANCE NO. 2018-06 cL No vehicle repairs, sales, cleaning or detailing shall occur at the off-site location; e.Only employees or contractors of the automobile dealership shall be allowed on th e off-site location; f.No si g nage— other than minimal directional signa g e internal to the site, shall be p ermitted on the off-site location: g The portion of the storage site designated for vehicle storage shall only be located on an approved paved parking" h Vehicles shall only be stored in the designated portion of the storage site and according to the parking plan approved as part of the interim use permit: j.Vehicles shall be stored in an orderly fashion with drive aisles, allowing vehicles to enter and exit the site without having to move other vehicles: j The days and hours during which vehicles may be brought to or removed from the site shall be limited to the days and hours approved in the interim use permit; k.The routes used to transport vehicles to and from the site shall be limited to the routes approved in the interim use permit: 1. An interim use permit issued pursuant to this section is not transferable: and m. The use must comply with all applicable provisions of this Code. j. Renewal. Use of the off-site storage site shall cease, and all vehicles shall be immediately removed, upon the termination or revocation of the interim use permit, or the transfer of the automobile dealership. An automobile dealership issued an interim use permit may apply for a renewal interim use permit, which shall be submitted no fewer than 90 days prior to the termination of the existing permit, and processed in the same manner as a new application. Article II. This Ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its legal publication. Adopted this 2t day ofJune 92018. / 2 22 Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 2018-06 Date of Publication July 5, 2018 Effective Date August 4, 2018 (Strikeout indicates matter to be deleted, double underline indicates new matter.)