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MINUTES <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />.IANUARY 10, 2002 <br />Motion seconded by Roycraft. <br />Motion carried 7 - 0. <br />AMENDMENT The City Planner presented a draft ordinance which redefines the <br />TO TI3E Business-Warehouse (B-W) Zoning District. The revisions sets up the <br />ZONING district as primarily an office, office/showroom, and office/warehouse <br />CODE - B-W district with outdoor storage limited to parking for company trucks and <br />DISTRICT trailers, limited to ten (10) percent of the rear yard only. No outdoor <br />storage of materials would be allowed. <br />The Planner reported that the City has been contacted by a number of <br />entities that are interested in purchasing the Knox site (one of the sites that <br />would be affected by this change). One proposal to redevelop the Knox <br />property includes outdoor storage use. This proposal calls for a new <br />building on the north side of the site facing the freeway. The existing <br />Knox building would be divided from the site as would the southern <br />portion of the site. The party proposing; this option has indicated that since <br />outdoor storage would occur on the southern portion of the site, the <br />buildings to the north would provide screening for the storage from the <br />freeway. They are also proposing to include some landscaping for <br />screening. <br />Knudsen asked the rationale for excluding outdoor storage fran the B-W <br />District. 'fhe Planner replied that the rational is the highest and best use of <br />the property, and that outdoor storage is an underutilization of the site. <br />Carl Johnson appeared before the Commission and indicated that he has a <br />drywall supply/building materials business that he would tike to locate on <br />the Knox property. He stated that his goal would be to work with the City <br />and become part of the community- Johnson indicated that there may be <br />some poor soils on the Knox property that would make the property <br />difficult to develop in a way that eliminates outdoor storage. Johnson <br />reported that his business involves retail and wholesale sales of wallboard, <br />insulation, and steel studs for both residential and commercial <br />applications. It is the steel studs which would be stored outside. <br />I<eis asked the amount of outdoor storage area needed. <br />Johnson reporrted that he would need a 3-acre area for the outdoor storage. <br />This would accommodate the piles of steel studs as well as room between <br />for maneuvering ofsemi-trucks with a crane for loading and unloading of <br />