2006-09 GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 1102 NORTH 18TH STREET

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMO Memo No. 06-17 February 15, 2006 TO: Honorable Ma ar Osborne and City Council FROM: Steve Garm , ity Manager Dane C. Br g AICP,Assistant City Manager� Kathy J. Mill r,AICP, Senior Planner�.;�^ Mark Smith, Senior Pl � SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit, 1102 orth 18th Street SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval with the following conditions: no more than ten(10) containers (on wheels)be on the premises at any one time; site break fencing is required; the existing asphalt paving area on East Condit Street remain; development and use of the premises conform to the site plan attached (Exhibit A) and a site plan shall be submitted to and approved by the Department of Economic and Urban Development and the Department of Engineering and Infrastructure prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy. The Plan Commission voted 9-0 to recommend approval at the February 2, 2006 meeting; the Plan Commission minutes are attached. BACKGROUND: The petitioner is requesting a Conditional Use Permit to operate an intermodal facility transporting grain from truck to rail. The property in question is zoned M-1 Intense CommerciaULight Industrial District; the surrounding property is zoned M-1 Intense CommerciaULight industrial District and M-2 Heavy Industrial District. The property (37,200 square feet) is improved with a building and a small parking lot. The petitioner also owns the property to the north. Most of the property is paved in gravel. The south ten (10) feet of the building (located on Lot 150) will be removed and the scales will be installed. Grain will be unloaded inside the building, reloaded on wheeled containers, taken outside the building for weighing and transported to a rail loading site nearby. POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no objectors to the Conditional Use Permit at the Plan Commission meeting. ', INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The Technical Review Committee reviewed the request ' at the January 12, 2006 meeting and recommended approval of the Conditional Use Permit. ', STAFF REFERENCE: If City Council members have questions, they may contact Mark Smith I'�,I at 424.2790 or at mismith@decaturnet.org. I BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None.