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• • • AGENDA ITEM V A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Mary Kay Wyland MEETING DATE: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 TOPIC: PUBLIC HEARING, Molin Concrete, 415 Lilac, Amended Conditional Use Permit DESCRIPTION: Molin Concrete is located at 416 Lilac Street. The site is a concrete processing facility that is permitted in the General Industrial Zoning District with a Conditional Use Permit. They have been located in this area since 1971. Molin Concrete received an Amended Conditional Use Permit and an Interim Use Permit in October of 1997 covering their entire site and allowing the expansion of their facility including an interim use permit for outside storage on the light industrial portion of the property. The conditions of approval are attached for information purposes. Since that approval in 1997, OSHA (Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration) rules have changed and Molin is prohibited from operating their equipment without back -up beepers. They have therefore requested removal of condition number 11.c. Strobe lights replace truck back -up beepers during nighttime hours (6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.). The Council is aware of several complaints received from neighboring residences concerning the back -up beepers (copies attached). We have also received a letter from an adjoining property owner, Ms. Kathleen Schwartz, expressing concerns regarding the industrial use (attached). These beepers frequently begin at 4:00 a.m. Staff would suggest amending the previously approved Amended Conditional Use Permit and Interim Use Permit by adding the following language: 1. Equipment requiring back -up beepers shall be prohibited from Light Industrial portion of site, north of vacated 77th Street, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. This condition would allow Molin to work in the general industrial portion of the site, but not in the light industrial portion. The light industrial area adjacent to the residential neighborhood is intended to buffer that neighborhood from the heavier industrial use to the south. Again, Molin would still be allowed to work in the general industrial area of the site with the amended condition although it may not eliminate the noise complaints.