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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 25, 1996 Page 3 1 replaced with Evergreens or Juniper trees planted 4 to 5 feet apart. The intent would be 2 to provide a visual screen and also muffle the noise of the service station. Management 3 Assistant Moore-Sykes had noted that historically the City had owned the property where 4 the berm was located and had done the planting. The property has since been turned over 5 to Mr. Bona with the understanding that he would maintain it. Mr. Bona had estimated it 6 would cost$1,000.00 to remove the existing plantings and replace them with Evergreen 7 trees. 8 Bergstrom reported the Planning Commission discussed the difficulty of enforcing Staff 9 condition#2 regarding the storage of cars on site. They also discussed hours of operation 10 of the service station. Mr. Bona stated he had no intention of changing the hours of . 11 operation. Mrs. Beverly Stafford, resident,testified at the public hearing that she likes 12 the service station, enjoys the traffic and hearing the engines wind up. 13 Bergstrom stated the Planning Commission is recommending City Council approval of 14 the conditional use permit based on the following conditions: 15 1.. The parking areas must have striping for all the proposed parking spaces. 2. No vehicles may be stored on-site to be specifically used for the purpose of 17 extracting spare parts and/or on-site long-term storage. 18 3. Change the property address to reflect business frontage on Kenzie Terrace. 19 4. Consideration of incorporating the use of Evergreen landscaping on a consensus 20 basis of the parties of Mr. Bona,the neighbors who have submitted a petition and 21 the City of St. Anthony. 22 Bergstrom added that based on his personal experience, Mr. Bona is an exemplary 23 business citizen of the community. 24 . Councilmember Faust asked if residents adjacent to or abutting the property had testified 25 at the public hearing. Bergstrom stated there were no residents opposed to the expansion. 26 The only request was for the Evergreen plantings. 27 Mayor Ranallo questioned the definition of"long-term" in regard to car storage. 28 Bergstrom explained the intent was to prevent cars from being stored on the site for the 29 purpose of stripping them for parts. 30 Mr. Roger Bona stated the current restriction for car storage is no more than 10 to 14 days �. and that has been comfortable. Any less than that could be harmful to his business.