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. . Minutes - Plan Commission Page 4 December 8, 1988 APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT #271. STEVEN HART DBA INTERNATIONAL MOTORS, INC., 7711 OLIVE BOULEVARD Chairman McCauley informed those present that the Plan Commission had scheduled a public hearing on an application for Conditional Use Permit #271 by Mr. Steven Hart dba International Motors, Inc. in order to allow the property at 7711 Olive Boulevard to be used for parking/storage and sales of motor vehicles out of doors. Chairman McCauley asked Mr. Hart to present information on his application. Mr. Hart explained that his business was one that dealt in selling strictly late model foreign cars. Mr. Hart distributed to Commission members an amended plan which indicated how all vehicles to be sold could be parked and stored inside the bUilding at 7711 Olive Boulevard. Mr. Hart indicated that with the amended plan, the outdoor parking area in front of the bUilding would be used for customer parking only. Additional customer and employee parking could also take place next door at 7715 Olive where Mr. Hart owned a beauty salon. Chairman McCauley called on Al Goldman, Director of Planning, to present his recommendations on the application. Mr. Goldman stated that the spaces indicated for outdoor display of vehicles on the site plan submitted with the application were seven feet in width and, therefore, too narrow to function properly. In addition, landscaping which had been previously required on the site had been eliminated to create additional parking. Some of the proposed parking effectively blocked the driveway. Total parking on the site was inadequate to meet the 11 spaces required by the Zoning Code for an automobile sales facility of this size. Mr. Goldman also indicated that Site Plan Review #1018, approved by the City Council in 1979, allowed the current owner of the building to construct a 1,600 square foot bUilding addition. He was told at that time that the parking was not sufficient for any uses other than warehousing, manufacturing and wholesale. He was also told that the lack of on-site parking could not be considered as a basis for a hardShip appeal since it was his action in constructing the addition which reduced the parking potential on the site. Mr. Goldman recommended denial of the application to use the site as an automobile sales facility. In response to Mr. Hart's amended proposal to confine all vehicle parking, storage and sales indoors, Mr. Goldman did not believe that adequate parking existed on the site, nor did the additional parking on tne adjacent property alleviate the shortage because the adjacent building probably would require all the parking that was provided. In any event, Mr. Hart had not provided any information regarding the total amount of parking provided or the size of the building at 7715 Olive. Ms. Elwood stated that because it was only the out-of-doors parking, storage or sales of vehicles that triggered the need for a Conditional Use Permit application, the merits of the second proposal could be reviewed administratively. Mr. Kendall asked if Mr. Hart anticipated any vehicle repair in conjunction with the vehicle sales. Mr. Hart replied that no repairs would take place on the premises since all vehicles would be sold with warranties. Occasionally a vehicle might be washed on the premises in preparation for