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Forest Lake approves Garage Condos preliminary plat; council allows limited exterior storage with conditions
Summary
The council approved the preliminary plat and PUD for a 30‑acre Garage Condos project on Forest Road North with limits placed on proposed exterior storage and requirements that owner-declaration documents be submitted for city review and approval before final plat.
Forest Lake — The City Council voted Oct. 13 to approve the preliminary plat and planned-unit development for a 30-acre site on Forest Road North that would create contractor service-yard space and up to 121 individually owned "garage condo" units plus two 30,000-square-foot multi-tenant flex buildings.
City staff told the council the proposal is consistent with current zoning for limited-industrial uses but raised concerns about landscape shortfalls and the proposal to offer exterior storage behind the garage units. Staff noted that city code allows outside storage as part of a contractor service yard but not generally as an accessory to multi-tenant flex buildings; the…
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