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Planning Commission Meeting April 17, 1990 Page 8 • 1 - "nuisance providing environment . " However he thought to amend the 2 ordinance for the use would be a big step he wasn ' t really sure 3 he wanted to take because it would open the commercial districts 4 in the City to this special use as well . He agreed the City didn ' t 5 have that many areasavailable for commercial anyway and he said he 6 wouldn ' t want to make the wrong choice on one that . is still open. 7 8 Commissioner Wagner indicated he would tend to favor the request. 9 He pointed out that there aren ' t that many large units in the facility 10 to lend it to an industrial use although he anticipated 15 or 20 of 11 the largest units might be too many to really pursue the residential 12 and private storage . If it remains gauged for primarily that type of 13 use, he 'didn ' t think it would be such a bad operation for that location 14 nor would it adversely impact the rest of the area . The Conditional 15 Use Permit can be written to assure the facility would be kept up 16 and the area around it properly maintained . He perceived if kept up 17 this . facility would look as good as the back of the garages now which 18 it would shield . He wondered if this facility might not even bring 19 in more shoppers for the area . However , with control of the materials 20 which can be stored there he didn ' t see how the facility could be 21 detrimental to the surrounding area and questioned whether the Fire • 22 Department would allow the building not to be sprinkled . 23 24 Commissioner Faust commented that the market studies had indicated this 25 to be the highest and best use for that land. He said if that area has 26 been vacant all those years he couldn ' t help but believe a 700 unit 27 facility was bound to bring in people t.ho might want to shop in Apache 28 Plaza while they were there . 29 30 Mr. Burt advised there was no vehicle for treating this area separately 31 because to do so could easily be viewed as "spot zoning" . However, 32 size requirements could be put in the ordiance which would prevent the 33 use in smaller commercial areas . You could also limit the site size by 34 citing a maximum amount of land or acreage which could be used for that 35 type of facility. He pointed out that there are only two vacant pro- 36 perties in the City now besides Apache and they are both quite small . 37 He identified these as the triangular piece of land in the Kenzie 38 Terrace area and the area just north of Firestone near the medical 39 office. However it would be prudent to put restrictions of size in 40 the ordinance in case a commercial area did move out. 41 42 The City Manager told Commissioner Franzese he was aware of only one 43 industrial area open to development inthe City now and that was the 44 land east of American Monarch which is up for sale now. Chair 45 Madden observed that parcels location right across from residential 46 made it less desirable for this type of use than the parcel considered 47 that evening. . • 48 Chair Madden indicated he used the storage facilities near his home 49and perceived the resident manager was not doing a good job of maintenani 50 outside.