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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 30, 2008 and agreed that the storage should be allowed as a percentage of the property. The City Administrator asked if Mergens felt the 60% figure was reasonable. Mergens stated that without seeing the exact details, he could not comment. He felt, however, that it was a good start. Blesener pointed out that the City does not want Ryan Industrial Park to be the place where everyone is storing theirjunk. He noted that there are existing CUP's in the Park for outdoor storage, and the City would like to see compliance with these CUP's. Blesener felt that outdoor storage with reasonable restrictions was the best way to maintain property values in the park. It was his feeling that tying outdoor storage to building size was not reasonable given the varying types of businesses in the park and their resulting outdoor storage needs. Blesener felt it more reasonable to tie outdoor storage to the size of the property. He agreed with the clarification of what types of storage would be allowed as outlined by the Planner in his proposed ordinance draft. Blesener stated that outdoor storage needs to be orderly, manageable, and accessible via fire lanes. McGraw asked what would be a reasonable amount of time that something could be stored on a property, specifically storage as relates to auto repair businesses. Mergens suggested that the City could require aturn-over time for storage items, and felt that was more reasonable than requiring that an auto waiting to be repaired must be movable under its own power. The City Administrator pointed out that the Valor property is almost two acres in size and according to the City Engineer's calculation 91 % of the lot had been utilized for outdoor storage. However, had they been in compliance with their CUP, the 60% limitation would have been adequate. Allan again noted that auto repair businesses are the biggest outdoor storage problem for the City. Blesener again suggested a limitation on the number of auto repair licenses. McGraw asked about the various types of auto repair. The City Planner indicated that the Code defines minor as well as major auto repair. Minor includes tire and battery stores. Major includes major engine and body repair. McGraw suggested separate license classes for major engine repair and body repair. McGraw felt there was more of an outdoor storage issue with a major auto body repair business than a major engine repair business. The City Administrator stated that he would discuss this issue with the Code Enforcement Officer to determine her experience in the level of enforcement between these two classes of business. 13