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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 8, 1999 CUP & Mr. Russ Fischer, Metro - Cleaning Service, appeared before the VARIANCE — Commission requesting a Conditional Use Permit for open and 208 RYAN outdoor storage of trucks and equipment as well as a Variance LANE — relating to landscaping requirements for 208 Ryan Lane. METRO - CLEANING The Zoning Administrator reviewed her report dated June 28, SERVICE 1999 relative to this site. She noted that the applicant is requesting open and outdoor storage as both an accessory use and a principle use. The principle use would be for Preferred Electric that currently has storage on the site. The applicant is also requesting to reduce the off - street parking area setback requirement from five feet to zero feet on Ryan Drive due to the minimum driveway access width and lack of space between the building and street surface to establish angle front -yard parking. The applicant has also indicated that he is willing to blacktop the required parking in the front and side yard, but does not want to blacktop the required parking in the rear yard. Duray asked if required parking is needed in the rear of the property to satisfy Code requirements. The Zoning Administrator replied that that was correct. She noted that the Code requires 46 parking spaces for this site. Fischer indicated that he did not want to pave the required parking areas designated at the rear of the building because of poor soil conditions. Fischer reported that there are poor soils at both the back of the building and the east end of the site. The Public Works Director reviewed the Twin City Testing report on soil conditions provided by the applicant. This information is based on two borings made in May of 1985 and indicates that there is a lot of fill on the site. 50 feet east of the building fill materials made up of sand, concrete, wood, blacktop, cobbles, cinders, gravel, and plastic goes down to a depth of 25 feet. 120 feet east of the building this fill goes down to a depth of only 12 feet. Below the bill is swamp deposits made up of peat and muck. The Public Works Director indicated that based on this information a paved parking surface is possible. He recommended that the proposed parking areas be excavated to a depth of 10 inches, stabilization fabric be installed, 4 inches of sand placed on top of the fabric, 6 inches of Class 5 placed on top of the sand, and 3 inches of asphalt placed on top of the Class 5. Fischer felt that the soils were not stable enough to support blacktop and that the parking area would sink. Fischer indicated Page 50