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• • • Planning & Zoning Board October 10, 2001 Page 2 Staff presented the applications by Molin Concrete Products Company for amendments to the existing conditional use permit (CUP), amendments to the existing interim use permit, and for a site plan review. The requested amendments would change several of the conditions that were adopted with previous approvals. The site plan review application was for a new manufacturing building on the site. The new building also was an amendment to the conditional use permit. Staff reviewed that the Planning & Zoning Board opened the public hearing at the September 11, 2001 meeting and continued the hearing to allow for a neighborhood meeting. A meeting with the neighbors occurred September 26, 2001. Approximately 15 residents attended, along with representatives of Molin, Cheesebrough Trucking, the City Planner, and P & Z Chair Schaps. Staff reviewed the Molin site which included approximately 55 acres and was guided for industrial use by both the old and the new comprehensive plans. The north 20 acres of the site was zoned LI, the southern 35 acres was zoned GI. Staff presented details of the new structure, noting the proposed new production facility included two cement silos rising to approximately 70' in height. The height maximum in the GI zone was 45'. But, building heights in excess of the standards of the districts may be allowed through a conditional use permit as provided in the zoning ordinance. Staff noted the proposal included overhead cranes (gantry system) that would stand approximately 33 feet high. The cranes would serve a new storage area covering 150 by 500 feet in the central portion of the Malin site. The cranes would run on rails over the entire new storage area Finished product would be stored more compactly using the cranes. The cranes would be able to load product directly onto trucks. Staff advised that when an earlier building was constructed, the exterior lighting caused some concerns among nearby residents. It was unlikely that the exterior lighting would exceed the City's ordinance restrictions. However, photometric plans were submitted along with a cut sheet of the exterior lighting fixtures and the proposed building lighting complied with the requirements. The proposed fixture meets City policy requiring a fully shielded design such as a shoebox fixture. 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. Staff advised that no landscaping around the new building was planned. Staff presented details on traffic, voluntary compliance to prohibit on- street truck parking on Lilac Street, parking requirements, grading and drainage plans which were reviewed by the Rice Creek Watershed District and received preliminary approval. Staff noted that Molin had not proposed new signage. Staff reviewed the 1997 conditional use permit amendment that Moline had for the concrete plant that covers the entire site. They also had an interim use permit for outdoor storage that covered the northern 20 acres. In 1997 the City approved an amendment to