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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 18, 1986 PAGE 7 The DC Sales Company wishes to construct a 17,000 sq.ft. addition to its building located at 9242 Hudson Boulevard. The addition will be used as a warehouse for their retail/wholesale products. The site is currently zoned Genera]. Business, and the owner has occupied the building for several years along with two tenants, White Wolf Ski Shop and BRS, Inc. The building addition will meet the expansion needs of DC Sales and the White Wolf Company. City Engineer Bohrer summarized the Variances. 1. Based on the floor space 51 parking spaces are required by code. The request is 40. Bohrer had no trouble with the proposed 40 parking spaces and felt DC Sales has shown there is a reserve for 48 more if needed. 2. A 35' landscaped buffer strip is required when a GB zone abuts a residential zone. This can be met on the east and north property line. It cannot be met on the lower east side because of the proposed in -out driveways. 3. Screening has not been shown on the site plan for the loading docks along the west side. D.C. Sales stated that screening was not planned up against the Lampert side because the loading docks will not be visible, as the Lampert building will screen the loading docks. 4. Highway Overlay District does not permit painted block as an allowable exterior finish. 5. The septic system for the existing building now will be ruined with the new addition so a new system will have to be built. It is difficult to size now because the area where the drainfield will be in the rear and extensive grading will be going on so soil tests cannot be taken. There is more than sufficient area for a septic system. Mayor Morgan closed the public hearing at 9:52 p.m. M/S/P Dunn/Mazzara - to grant a variance for a 35' landscaping buffer strip because D.C. Sales needs as much capacity for water retention as possible and if the driveway was taken from the loading dock door on the SE corner this would create a safety hardship. (Motion carried 5-0). M/S/P Mazzara/Morgan - to grant a variance for screening based on the Lampert building being right on the property line. (Motion carried 5-0). M/S/P Christ/Mazzara - to grant a variance for painted block because the existing building is already painted block. (Motion carried 5-0). D.C. Sales will furnish to the Building Inspector the cost estimate on the landscaping based on the estimated construction cost. 8. PUBLIC HEARING : Variance to Size of Accessory Structure in