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Council approves Forest Lake garage-condo preliminary plat with conditions on outdoor storage
Summary
The council approved a preliminary plat and PUD for a 30-acre garage-condo and contractor-service yard development, amending conditions to allow exploration of exterior storage with restrictions and requiring owner declarations be submitted for city review and approval.
The Forest Lake City Council voted to approve the preliminary plat and planned unit development for the Forest Lake Garage Condos project, a proposal that would convert a 30-acre limited industrial parcel on Forest Road North into two parcels: a contractor service yard to the south and up to 121 individually owned garage-condominium units plus multi-tenant 30,000-square-foot flex spaces to the north.
City staff and the planning commission recommended removal of outside storage from the multi-tenant area under existing zoning but council members and the developer discussed a compromise. The council amended the planning commission’s recommendation by requiring the developer to "explore options to…
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