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• 4 1 4 . The depth of the City's right-of-way in front of this property made 2 the proposal even less acceptable. 3 Motion carried unanimously. 4 Chair Madden indicated he wasn't an architect, but was trying to find 5 some solution to the applicants' parking problems which would meet the 6 City' s zoning requirements. He wondered if they couldn't cut the hills 7 down and perhaps with structure alterations cut in another single garage 8 on each side. He said, of course this wouldn't be possible if there 9 were furnaces or laundry rooms in that section of the basement, but if 10 no such impediments existed, there would then be room to park two more 11 vehicles off the driveway. The Chair added that four foot retaining 12 walls could be terraced back with some plantings to make the additions 13 aesthetically pleasing. 14 Commissioners Recommend Denial of Zoning Ordinance Amendment for Mini- 15 Storage Facility at Apache 16 The public hearing on the Weis Companies ' request for the above had been 17 held April 17, 1990, but questions regarding notification of the hearing 18 had resulted in the Commission tabling their recommendation to the 19 Council. As stated in Mr. Burt's May 9th memorandum, it was determined 20 that ,all property owners within 350 feet of the property in question did 21 receive notice. 22 David Deebach agreed with Chair Madden's statement that the Weis 23 Companies' request for an amendment to the City Zoning Ordinance 24 providing for self-service storage as a specifically listed conditional 25 use in a Commercial District had been given a full presentation at the 26 April 17th hearing. He was therefore content to limit his presentation 27 to responses to comments which might be made that evening. 28 Douglas K. Jones, 2505 Silver Lane, a former member of the St. Anthony 29 Planning Commission, whose home on Silver Lake is about 400 feet from 30 the subject site, expressed his opposition to the mini-storage facility, 31 saying: 32 * an unapproved change in the design for Apache Plaza had caused the 33 bulk of the storm runoff to run into Silver Lake rather than into 34 the Rice Creek Channel #2 down Silver Lane to Jones Lake; 35 * as a result, Apache is already responsible for the majority of 36 storm runoff which is polluting the lake as verified by the 37 study done by Terry Noonan; 38 * adding another large facility with only blacktop and extended roofs 39 would only exacerbate the problem and would use up the only green 40 space in the Apache complex which could be used for a storm water • 41 retention site;