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• Planning & Zoning Board September 11, 2001 Page 7 Staff explained on October 27, 1997 the City took several actions relevant to the site. These included: 1. Approval of a CUP to allow expansion of the concrete plant. This referred to additional structures on the southern portion of the site. 2. Amending the zoning ordinance to include outdoor storage as an interim use in the LI zoning district 3. Approval of an interim use permit to allow outdoor storage on Molin's northern 20 acres. 4. Vacating the portion of 77`h Street that separated the two areas. Another building addition was approved in 1999. Staff stated the City had received complaints from residents near the Molin site, especially from the Sherwood Green area to the north. The primary concern has been noise. This had included both noise from back -up beepers on equipment and the noise of the equipment itself. Other complaints had included concerns about landscaping and dust. The City Council discussed these issues at several work sessions in 2001. Staff presented its analysis of the request by explaining applicant's site included approximately 55 acres. The entire site was guided for industrial use by the new comprehensive plan. The north 20 acres of the site was zoned LI, the southern 35 acres was zoned GI. Staff explained the proposed new structure was a building for extruded precast manufacturing. The building was approximately 600 feet long and 66' wide. It would have precast concrete walls 36' high for the majority of the building. There would be a smooth band with windows four feet wide at the 25' height. Near the south end the building itself will increase to 45' high, then decrease to 11'. Staff stated at the south end there would be two cement silos rising to approximately 85' in height. Near the silos are below -grade material bins for aggregate and sand. Staff indicated the building would cover approximately 38,000 sf. The silos and material bins would use additional area. With respect to height, staff stated the proposed new production facility included two cement silos rising to approximately 85' in height. The height maximum in the GI zone was 45'. With respect to lighting, staff explained 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, it had been the City's practice to require photometric plans for new commercial /industrial buildings. Staff stated the City allowed a maximum of 0.4 foot candles at the residential property lines and 1.0 foot candles at the centerline of a street. No photometric plans were submitted. • With respect to landscaping, no landscaping around the new building is planned. The section of this report on the conditional use permit discusses landscaping for the larger site.