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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 19 August 20, 2002 Page 4 1 proposal with a setback at 25 to 30 feet since the building would not contain enough 2 storage. 3 4 Vice Chair Stille asked what kind of inside improvements are being made. Mr. 5 Murlowski stated the buildings have steel rack storage, portions are climate controlled 6 (heated/cooled/moisture condition), and two dock areas for straight trucks are being 7 proposed. He explained there are high bay lighting, gas fired unit heaters, and very wide 8 aisles. For this user, the rack storage system works very well. 9 10 Vice Chair Stille stated he visited the site and did not notice a retention pond. Mr. White 11 stated that would be added as part of the project. 12 13 Vice Chair Stille asked if there will be a common wall. Mr. White stated that is correct 14 and two buildings would be joined with a common wall. 15 � 16 Vice Chair Stille addressed the issue of finAt'ng a hardship and asked the applicant to 17 provide information about the characteristi fvhu. site that would make it unique. 18 19 Steeves recommended they obtain any plicatioNfo fr om City staff so they can begin 20 to work on those issues. 21 22 Mr. White noted the pie-shaped co r restricts the area to the north. 23 24 Thomas asked if there wild veget"" on around the retainage ponds. Mr. Murlowski 25 stated there is not mu c N a bu they will be presenting a landscaping plan that 26 provides some planting, noted that area will also be fenced off. 27 28 Chair Melsha thanke a ap£''hcants for providing this information in advance. 29 30 Mr. Murlowski stated they also appreciate the opportunity to present these preliminary 31 plans and will submit a formal application for the September Planning Commission 32 meeting. 33 34 8.2 Review survey information and make recommendation to City Council re: amendment to 35 City ordinance relating to the definition of "garage" and "accessory building;" and to 36 regulate the size of garages in relation to the floor area ration (FAR) 'in residential 37 districts. 38 Susan Hall explained this is continuation of a discussion regarding the amendment 39 relating to the definition of"garage" and "accessory building" and to regulate the size of 40 garages in relation to the floor area ratio (FAR) in residential districts. City staff has 41 researched area metropolitan municipalities, with the help of e-mail, on the subject and 42 provided that report for the Commission's review. 43 44 Hall explained the issues she researched and stated that.staff found cities handle the 45 "mass" issue in a number of ways. A couple of cities contacted use FAR, like St. 46 Anthony. Arden Hills has a FAR of 30%; Roseville has a 30% FAR in R-1 and 40% 47 FAR in R-2. Most cities contacted do not have FAR, but rather use lot coverage,