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Planning & Zoning Board April 10, 2002 Page 2 APPROVED MINUTES Chair Schaps opened the Public Hearing at 6:40 p.m. Staff presented the application by Bald Ea gle Contractors CUP for Outdoor Storage. Staff reviewed the background of the lot by explaining applicant had submitted an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for outdoor storage. He stated applicants wished to move his construction business to th e site and store vehicl es outdoors, such as trucks and a construction traile r. He explained the current application did not include a site plan review. Typically, a CUP applica tion such as this would be accompanied by complete site plan information. He noted it was staff’s understandi ng that the applicant wanted to find out if the outdoor storage wa s possible before committing to designing the building, grading, utilities, and other elements. Staff presented its analysis by explaining th e site consisted of two parcels totaling approximately 1.3 acres. He explained th e City Council adopted Ordinance 02-2000 in February, 2000. This amendment to the Zoni ng Ordinance established open and outdoor storage as a conditional use in the Light Industrial Zoning Di strict. It also listed very specific limitations regarding where such storage was allowed. • Several requirements pertained to the de sign of the site. Staff did not have specific design information necessary to judge if the application complied with all the Ordinance requirements, such as those for lighting and parking. • Staff can address the location requirement s now. The Ordinance stated that the property could not abut prope rty zoned residential, rura l, or business. Abutting included across the street. The subject site was directly across the street from an R-3 zoning district. Staff explained the intent of the Ordina nce was to allow outdoor storage only on light industrial sites that were internal to the zoning district. He stated th e sites were not to be on the edges of an L-1 zoning district, but toward the inside of the district. That way, the storage sites would always be screened, no t only by onsite design features, but also by other industrial properties. He indicated the proposed site was exactly the type of lo cation prohibited by the outdoor storage Ordinance. • The Ordinance stated that the actual out door storage area c ould not abut a school or park. The property abuts a stor m water pond on school property, but the submitted sketch showed a fenced area for storage, which did not abut the school property. An area with “grass s eed” is shown se parating the two. Staff noted the seeded area appeared to cove r only half the entire site, according to the drawing, rendering it unusable. Staff indicated it was probable that once the business and storage were established, a successful construction bus iness would grow and need additional storage area for equipment. Contra ctor yards typically accumulate more and more equipment and material over time. Staff stated that because of the type of business