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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER 9, 1999 Bartholie reported that there are several good reasons why it is to the City's benefit to designate the Buetow and McCumber properties as a commercial use. First, the tax base is higher for a residential property. Secondly, the City would be showing their support of commercial property owners by retaining the commercial designation of this property. Third, the City has the opportunity to upgrade the Buetow property. The Buetow's operate a stucco business and they have submitted a plan for the upgrade of their property. Bartholie reported that he and the McCumber's have met with City staff and have come up with a compromise in the form of the ordinance which has been presented to the Commission this evening. However, there is one change that the McCumber's would like with regard to the manufacturing aspect of the ordinance. Bartholie reported that the McCumber's have three tenants in their building which do some manufacturing. While these tenants could stay as legally non - conforming uses, if they moved out of the building, the McCumber's could not replace them with a similar use without going through the CUP process. Bartholie reported that they are requesting that manufacturing be allowed as a permitted use. Bartholie reported that the ordinance as submitted with the revision requested would greatly help the McCumber's while still protecting the adjacent residential properties. The City Planner indicated that as part of the discussion of this matter a couple of additional issues have arisen. The first is that the B -I District proposed would allow the same type of building materials as are allowed in the I -1 District. While there was no Council consensus on this issue, there was discussion of an upgrade to those standards. The second issue is that outdoor storage would be allowed as a Conditional Use up to 10% of the lot size. This outdoor storage would have to be screened. Knudsen pointed out that the McCumber building is metal, and suggested that it would not make sense to require upgraded building materials which would result in the McCumber building being legally non - conforming. Keis pointed out that the Buetow's wish to redevelop their site. If building materials are not upgraded, the Buetow's would be allowed to put up a metal building. Keis pointed out that the Buetow and McCumber properties are industrial uses in the middle of a residential area. He indicated that he was not sure if he Page 107