HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-05-22 RESOLUTION NO. 08-05 -22
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FINDINGS OF FACT AND
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE
REQUEST BY STEPHAN STAGECOACH PROPERTY LLC
FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW OPEN AND
OUTDOOR STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS FOR A
LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR AND TO ALLOW FOR THE OUTDOOR
STORAGE OF SCHOOL BUSES
BE APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Park Heights has received a request from Stephan
Stagecoach Property LLC for a conditional use permit to allow open and outdoor storage of
equipment and materials for a landscape contractor and allow for the outdoor storage of school
buses; and after having conducted a public hearing relative thereto, the Planning Commission of
Oak Park Heights recommended that the application be approved with conditions. The City
• Council of Oak Park Heights makes the following findings of fact and resolution:
1. The real property affected by said application is legally described as
follows, to wit:
SEE ATTACHMENT A
and
2. The applicant has submitted an application and supporting
documentation to the Community Development Department consisting of the following items:
SEE ATTACHMENT B
and
3. The subject site is zoned Industrial District in which open and outdoor
storage is a listed conditional use; and
4. The conditional use permit for First Student granted on May 25, 1999 to
allow the outdoor storage of buses has expired; and
5. City staff prepared a memorandum dated April 30, 2008 reviewing the
request for the conditional use permit; and
• 6. The planning report recommended approval of the conditional use permit
for open and outdoor storage of equipment of materials for a landscape contractor and the
exterior storage of buses with conditions; and
7. The Planning Commission held a public hearing at their May 8, 2008
meeting, took comments from the applicants and public, closed the public hearing, and
recommended that the application be approved with conditions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE
FOLLOWING:
A. The application submitted by Stephan Stagecoach Property LLC for a conditional use
permit to allow open and outdoor storage of equipment and materials for a landscape contractor
and allow for the outdoor storage of school buses and affecting the real property as follows:
SEE ATTACHMENT A
Be and the same as hereby approved by the City Council of the City of Oak Park Heights with
the following conditions:
1. The number of buses allowed on site at any one time shall not exceed 100.
2. Any plans for a covered shed to the rear of 5302 Stagecoach Trail North shall be
approved by City staff.
3. All employees dispensing fuel shall receive training for proper fueling techniques
including emergency spill response procedures.
4. The applicant shall submit a Notification for Above Ground Storage Tanks to the MPCA
once the tank has been installed.
5. The applicant shall submit a Spill Prevention and Control Countermeasure Plan to the
EPA and to the City.
6. The applicant shall receive and retain a Hazardous Waste Generators License from
Washington County for the landscape business and bus operation.
7. The fuel tank shall be screened with a fence on the west, north and south sides with a ten
(10) foot cedar fence, as approved by the City.
8. The tree removal and replacement plan was favorable to the Planning Commission and
City Council and is subject to approval by the City Arborist.
9. All signage and lighting existing and proposed for the site shall be compliant with the
Zoning Ordinance.
10. Any changes to the grading and drainage patterns of the site shall be subject to the review
and approval of the City Engineer.
11. Block heaters and heater plugs shall be installed and utilized on all buses operated out of
the facility at 5280 and 5288 Stagecoach Trail, and an electrical outlet shall be provided
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for each bus before commencement of operations. There shall be no excessive idling of
buses on the site as determined by the City.
12. An operations plan shall be developed and enforced, subject to the review and approval
of City staff, requiring that all buses shall be backed into their respective parking spaces
at the end of the days operation.
13. The plan for the hours of operation as developed by the applicant, in correspondence
dated April 25, 2008, was favorable to the Planning Commission and City Council and is
subject to approval of City staff.
14. Annual review is hereby imposed as a condition of this permit. This permit shall be
reviewed on or about June 1 of each year and may be amended or altered in the discretion
of the City Council.
Approved by the City Council of the City of Oak Par l ghts this 27 day of May 2008.
David Beaudet, Mayor
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i A. ohnson, City Administrator
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