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-6- b. that a six inch asphalt curb be constructed around the perimeter of the . new parking lot; c. that a quality engineered 8 inch diameter, or greater, storm drain pipe be installed with cleanouts to drain the north parking lot; d. that an information sign be placed on the exit on the south side of the south parking lot requiring only right hand turns (_only westbound traffic) out of the driveway; e. that a lighting plan for the parking lot be similar, or at the same standard of lighting, normally accepted in a residential area; f. that the parking lot expansion and building addition be constructed as one unit; g. that any problems perceived by the adjoining neighbor with the existing large overhanging tree centered on the south parking lot property, be ameliorated; and h. that a six foot stained, wooden fence be constructed up to four feet west of the asphalt curbing and running southerly to within 35 feet north of the back of the 33rd Avenue N.E. curbing and northerly to the end of the parking lot. Motion carried unanimously. • Commissioner Bowerman indicated the Planning Commission had unanimously recommended Council approve the requested rezoning of Bernard Blanske's property on the corner of Silver Lake Road and Silver Lane for an eight unit townhome project. As he had at the Commission meeting, the absent petitioner was again represented by his brother, Bob. Blanske, who reported his brother had instructed him by phone from Tucson, Arizona to reiterate';, that a quality project would be constructed which would meet all codes and ordinances. Mr. Soth had advised that a new ordinance would have to be written for the project but no further- public input, other than the November 19th hearing, would be necessary. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance which would authorize the rezoning of .76 acres of land owned by Bernard Blanske on the southeast- corner of Silver Lake Road and Silver Lane, generally described as the Blanske Addition (that part of Lot 1 , except the east 137.8 feet lying North of Lot 2, and its extension west being in South Lot 1 , Block 1 )- from an R-2, two family residence district, to an R-3, townhouse residence district, for the purpose of constructing eight townhome units on that parcel , finding, as did the Planning Commission that: 1 . The use of the property for townhomes would be compatible with the R-3 development in the surrounding area; 2. The applicant had proposed in his October 21 , 1985 letter, a copy of which had • been included in the November 19th Planning Commission and November 26th Council agenda packets, to provide landscaping, trees_, and shrubs in front of the project, and the Council agrees with the Planning Commission recommenda- tion, that, to separate the new construction from the traffic on Silver Lake Road, the land in front of the buildings be bermed in a manner similar to the St. Anthony Townhomes, just south of the Blanske project; and