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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION MARCH 13, 2014 businesses in the area abuse their outdoor storage and that the City is trying to clamp down on these businesses. Stockness indicated that he never intended to exceed his allowed outdoor storage or to deceive the City. The amount of outdoor storage on his property just seemed to creep up. Stockness reported that he has been busy running his business and had forgotten about the different outdoor storage standards between the I -P and I -1 Zoning Districts. Stockness noted that the report he submitted explains his intentions and why he feels the additional outdoor storage should be allowed at 3065 Spruce Street. Stockness stated that he had no preference whether the property was Rezoned or a Variance granted in order to allow outdoor storage up to approximately 35,000 square feet. Fischer asked if the 35,000 square feet is what Stockness' tenants require. Stockness replied that that is the amount that is required and is being used. Stockness noted that behind the building there is a parking area that the City considers to be outdoor storage. Stockness expressed some confusion about whether a parking area for pick -up trucks should be considered outdoor storage. If so, then the 35,000 square feet is required. Stockness indicated that given fire lanes and traffic patterns behind the building, he thought that 35,000 square feet was the maximum amount of outdoor storage that would be practical on the property. Fischer noted that as a result of code enforcement activities, Stockness was able to scale back the amount of outdoor storage at 3065 Spruce Street to the 12,500 allowed under his CUP. Fischer asked if that was possible to do at this time. Stockness reported that his tenants' businesses have been growing. He again noted the truck parking area that is considered outdoor storage. Fischer agreed that a significant amount of area appeared to be truck parking. The City Planner stated that the fenced in area behind the building is considered to be outdoor storage as that is how these areas tend to be used. The Planner stated that the area could be designated as parking for passenger vehicles and light trucks, but the site plan would have to reflect that use and the area would be limited as such. Duray asked how much area was behind the building. The Planner estimated that the area being the building was a little more than half of the 84,000 total square feet of the site. Duray asked the maximum outdoor storage for this property if it were rezoned to 1 -1. The Planner indicated that 60% of the site could be outdoor storage, so about 50,000 square feet. Stockness indicated that he would like 35,000 square feet in outdoor storage and felt that was the most that the site could handle given the need for fire lanes and truck maneuvering on the site. -3-