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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 8, 1999 that he planned to pave on the east side of the building out to a distance of 37 feet, and did not feel the paving should extend out any further than that. The Zoning Administrator pointed out that the Code requires paving with asphalt, blacktop, or concrete of required parking areas, while open and outdoor storage areas can be surfaced with Class 5 or recycled asphalt. Montour pointed out the site plan submitted for this property in 1980 shows a parking and drive area located on the east side of the building. Therefore, it must have been thought that the soils were adequate enough to support blacktop. Fischer indicated that he has put thousands of tons of crushed rock into the site and it keeps sinking. Keis indicated that his preference is that required parking areas be blacktopped. Keis asked if there is peat and muck 12 feet down if that was adequate to support blacktop. The City Planner indicated that he would rely on the recommendation of the Public Works Director, and felt that the applicant has not shown that a hardship exists to warrant varying from the Code requirement. Keis indicated that unless the applicant submits a report from an engineer indicating that soil testing was done and the site would not support blacktop, he would not be willing to vary from the Code. The Public Works Director noted that there is no soil information for the area south of the building. Therefore, he could not comment on whether or not the soils would support blacktop. However, he felt that digging out a depth of 10 inches and installing fabric material with the installation of sand and Class 5, as he recommended in his July 8`1, memo, would support blacktop. The Director indicated that the question is the degree of hardship that the Commission wants to consider. Fischer felt the Director's recommendation would be very expensive and estimated the cost at $45,000. Fischer reported that given his recent expenses with hazardous waste removal at an adjoining property, he could not afford this cost. Fischer suggested that he have Twin City Testing do some additional borings to Page 51