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Planning Commission Meeting April 17 , 1990 Page 5 • 1 plans as well as a letter from the applicants giving justifications for 2 making the requested zoning change. Mr. Burt identified the owner of 3 the property as Apache and not the applicants . 4 5 The public hearing opened at 8 : 0.3 P. M. with Weiss Companies repre- 6 sentatives , Norman Brody, David Deerach, and Charles Habiger answering 7 Commission questions related to the 700 unit storage facility the 8 proposed constructing predicated upon approval of the site plan . 9 The development location would be within a narrow 800 foot long 10 space which has remained undeveloped since the Apache mall has been 11 in existence . 12 13 The Weiss Companies representative told the Commissioners market 14 studies had show this area of multi residential development would be 15 very conducive to- their proposed facility which they anticipated 16 would be designed for 90% residential and 100/0' commercial use as 17 adjusted for user mix. The study indicates a need for 300, 000 square 18 feet of self service units within a five mile radius . 19 The owners intend to operate the facility much like a regular retail 20 operation from an office in the facility which would be retain in nature • 21 with large windows, a decorative canopy in front and signage to match 22 the adjacent retail mall operation . The facility would be open to its 23 users only during regular store hours . There would probably be no access 24 to the building much after 9 : 00 P. M. Security would be provided by 25 a secure card access which would be recorded on a print out system 26 in the office . The hours the facility would be open would be designed 27 not to adversely affect the nearby residential neighbors and users woul 28 be locked out of their units after normal business hours . 09 30 The applicants indicated there would be a 10 foot buffer around the 31 perimeter of the facility which would meet all pertinent codes. 32 33 There would be nine different sized units with only 15 or 20 of the 34 larger 30 foot wide by 30 foot deep available for merchants use. The 35 smaller -units would be mostly located on the second . These would be 36 the size of a small closet, 5 feet by feet, designed for use of 37 apartment dwellers who need additional space for seasonal equipment, 38 etc. Other sized units could be utilized by residents who for one 39 reason or another are downgrading their housing needs . 40 41 Twenty foot driveways should be sufficient for the type of vehicles 42 expected to use - the majority of these units. Most users of the larger 43 units would be expected to bring materials to and from the units in 44 vehicles not anticipated to exceed two axles like pickups. Only rarely 45 could a multi axel vehicle be expected to access the building and then 46 only for a short time. Commissioner Madden had noted that a similar • 47 facility in the Village had 34 foot driveways and mentioned that some 48 vans were stored in those units. Mr. Brody indicated seven foot headers 49 on the doors would probably prevent large vans from being stored inside . 50