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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 9, 1993 fencing are allowed to become overgrown. Keis asked if vehicle parking needed to be screened. The Planner replied that construction equipment was required to be screened. Drabik asked if storage could occur in the front of a building. The Planner replied that storage cannot occur forward of the building. Knudsen asked about screening existing storage versus new storage. Carson pointed out that outdoor storage is required to be screened, and existing outdoor storage is not exempt from this requirement. The City Planner reported that should the ordinance be amended to require screening of outdoor storage via chain -link fencing, the Frattalone wood fence would become non - conforming. Frattalone would be allowed to maintain this fencing, however, if it were knocked down, it would have to be replaced with chain -link. Those properties with no screening of outdoor storage, could be required to provide this screening. Carson asked if the City wanted to allow a variety of wood fencing, suggesting that the ordinance be amended to make chain -link with slats the only screening material allowed. Knudsen felt that the type of fencing material required for screening was not the issue, but that enforcement of the ordinance was the problem. Carson felt that the material needed to be defined before the City could go out and tell the property owners what is required. The City Planner felt that chain -link would endure poor maintenance better than a wood fence. Drabik suggested that chain -link was more economical, therefore, property owners may prefer it. However, Drabik wanted to give property owners the option of wood or chain -link. DeLonais asked about height requirement. Th City Planner replied that in the I -1 District a Page 5