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• Molin Concrete October 10, 2001 page 4 However, one provision is of particular interest to the 70' height issue. The first provision requires that the use "will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the neighborhood or the City." The Lino Air Park is just west of the northern portion of the Molin site. A private air park is not governed by the typical regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration or MnDOT in the same way a public airport is governed. However, safety issues should be considered by the City. The 70' silos are not in the direct line of the Lino Air Park runway. Representatives of the Air Park and City staff met to analyze the site. Neither the silos nor the overhead cranes pose an aviation hazard. Overhead Cranes: The proposal includes overhead cranes (gantry system) that will stand approximately 33 feet high. The cranes will serve a new storage area covering 150 by 500 feet in the central portion of the Molin site. The cranes will run on rails over the entire new storage area. Finished product will be stored more compactly using the cranes. The cranes will be able to load product directly onto trucks. Lighting: When an earlier building was constructed, the exterior lighting caused • some concerns among nearby residents. It is unlikely that the exterior lighting will exceed the City's ordinance restrictions. However, it has been the City's practice to require photometric plans for new commercial/industrial buildings. In addition, we have required pictures of the fixtures themselves to ensure lighting is directed down rather than horizontally or upward. The City allows a maximum of 0.4 foot candles at the residential property lines and 1.0 foot candles at the centerline of a street. Photometric plans were submitted September 26 along with a cut sheet of the exterior lighting fixtures. The proposed building lighting complies with the requirements. The proposed fixture meets City policy requiring a fully shielded design such as a shoebox fixture. A condition of approval listed in this report is that the fixtures submitted for review are the ones used on the building. Lighting on the new crane must also comply with these requirements. Information on crane lighting must be submitted and reviewed before City Council consideration of the applications. Landscaping Plan: No landscaping around the new building is planned. The section of this report on the conditional use permit discusses landscaping for the larger site. Green space: A maximum of 90% of the site can be impervious surface in the General Industrial and Light Industrial zones. The proposal will not exceed this. •