07-17-06 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTI/S CITY COUNCIL JULY 17, 2006 MOIlCOUC pointed out the outdoor storage discussion and suggested ChaC eliminating metal buildings may prohibit property owners from adding on to Their buildings to enclose some of this storage. Keis suggested Chat there were few property owners that would add on to their buildings to enclose outdoor storage. He suggested that perhaps metal should be eliminated from an acceptable building material for principal buildings, but could be used for an accessory building. The City Planner noted that if metal is prohibited, the existing metal buildings would be grandfathered in. Under the City's Code, non- conforming buildings could be expanded by 25%. The City Clerk pointed out recent changes Co State Law relative to non-conforming buildings and uses. While the City can restrict expansions, property owners are allowed to improve, replace, or modify existing non-conforming buildings. Any condition that requires anon-conformity to eventually go away triggers eminent domain to come into play. The City Administrator suggested adding an incentive Co the Code ChaC would result in less outdoor storage and/or beCCer building construction. It was noted that if Rossow redevelops his large parcel, he use metal. IC was noted that Rossow has indicated Chat he would like to eventually redevelop this large parcel with two buildings since he has a pipeline running through the parcel that he would have to work around. Keis stated that the City could grant a variance to allow the two buildings on the parcel, but felt any redevelopment of the site should be with upgraded materials. Duray pointed out that an expansion of anon-conforming building would allow the expansion to be metal as well. The City Planner suggested that the expansion could be up to 25% of the building size in metal. Any expansion that is 26% Co 50% of the original building size would have to be upgraded materials. If the expansion is over 51%, the entire building would have to be broughC into conformance. The City Planner indicated that he would work on this issue of upgrading building materials and eliminating metal in I-1 as well as dealing with the expansion of non-conforming uses. The City Administrator indicated that he would research the use of geopiers to support heavier buildings in Ryan Industrial Park to determine if this is a practical requirement. The City Planner also noted the proposed addition of EFIS Co acceptable building materials in I-1.