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• Molin Concrete September 11, 2001 page 4 100' to 140'. The silos are over 300' from the road in front, and about 200' from the nearest side lot line. f. The construction does not limit solar access to abutting and/or neighboring properties. comment: The Molin property continues for 200' east of the proposed silos. Property to the east of Molin is owned by the Twitchell Cemetary. It is possible that the silos will cast shadows on neighboring property during certain times of the year. Staff is recommending that Molin have an analysis prepared to determine the length of the shadow of the silos to determine if there will be a solar access issue. This analysis should be prepared and submitted prior to City Council review. This is included as a condition of approval. g. The provisions of Section 2, Subd. 2. of this Ordinance are considered and satisfactorily met. comment: This is the section of required standards for CUP. There are nine findings, and they are addressed below in the section of this report on CUPs. However, one provision is of particular interest to the 85' 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 Adminstration or MnDOT. However, safety issues should be considered by the City. The 85' silos are not in the direct line of the Lino Air Park runway. The "horizontal zone" is an area 150' high extending a specified distance from the runway. No structure should reach above this zone. The 85' silo is below that zone. 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. No photometric plans were submitted. We do . not have cut sheets of the exterior lighting fixtures. It is City policy to require a fully shielded design such as a shoebox fixture.