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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION JULY 8, 1999 spaces, and the applicant is requesting that he not be required to blacktop the required parking which is located in the rear yard. There are 12 spaces proposed for the front yard and 6 for the rear yard. The Zoning Administrator indicated that other site conditions proposed as in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance, and the applicant has agreed to screen the outdoor storage. Knudsen indicated that he looked at the site and there are a lot of vehicles being stored. Neujahr replied that he is in the process of evicting one tenant and many of these vehicles belong to that tenant. Neujahr indicated that is property has the same problem that most others have in Ryan Industrial Park, that is the buildings are located too close to the street. Keis asked if some of the required parking will be designated for the vehicles that are being repaired. The Zoning Administrator replied that there are auto - related uses on the site. Because of the auto - related uses and the square footage of the building, 18 parking spaces are required. Of the total 18 spaces, 8 are required just because of the auto - related use. Parking would be for customer cars as well as employees'. Barraclough indicated to the applicant that he has done a great job of cleaning up this property. Neujahr reported that he is fencing the south side of his property because he had problems with the adjacent neighbor storing on the D.N.R. Construction property. Neujahr indicated that he wanted to pave on the north side of his property, however, was concerned about the ditch adjacent to this property line and whether the paved area would erode because of it. Neujahr stated that because of soil conditions he did not want to pave in the back of the building. Carson asked if required parking could be paved within the gated area. The City Planner indicated that that would be acceptable; however, required parking spaces cannot be used for storage. Keis pointed out that the issue of paving the rear parking lots is common to many of the properties in Ryan Industrial Park. Keis indicated that unless there is a definite hardship, there is no reason to vary from Code requirements and not require these parking areas to be paved. The only other option would be if the City changed the Code requirements relative to this paving. Keis indicated that if property owners can reconfigure their site plans to avoid required parking in the back of their buildings that would be another option. Page 78