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The primary issue in this application is the land use, and whether a warehouse facility was <br />envisioned by the City when it established this PUD zoning district. The staff has generally <br />followed the B -3 standards when reviewing the buildings and proposed uses in this area. <br />Warehouse storage is allowed as an accessory use, but typically not as a principal use in <br />the B -3 District. Interpreting the accessory and principal uses for buildings with storage <br />areas has uniformly been done by requiring that at least half of the building is to be used <br />for commercial office uses, and no more than half can be used for warehousing. This <br />building is designed to have about 90% of its floor space devoted to warehousing <br />activities. <br />To approve the PUD amendment for this building, the City should consider a finding that <br />the proposed use is in conformance with its goals for the PUD district. Distinguishing this <br />use from other potential uses which would be predominantly warehousing would also be <br />important to help demonstrate consistency with other decisions. Potential distinguishing <br />factors could be that the trucking activity on this site will be predominantly smaller trucks; <br />that loading activities will occur predominantly indoors; and that the delivery vehicles will <br />provide services directly to the public, rather than other commercial retailers. <br />Finally, staff would recommend that some additional evergreen trees be added to the south <br />boundary line near Country Drive to screen the line of overhead doors from view of the <br />public street. A similar line of trees is already proposed for the north boundary which will <br />screen both the apartment property and the street traffic. <br />cc: Kathy Glanzer <br />Greg Schroeder <br />Steve Westerhaus <br />Terry Maurer <br />Page 4 <br />