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• to suggest that the Staff be requested to work with the developer to see if a proper vehicle for controlling the usage can be worked out. Voting on motion: Aye: Johnson, Marks , Rymarchick, Hiebel and Bowerman Nay: Letourneau Motion carried. Mr. Letourneau then explained he had voted against the motion because he opposed any change in the City zoning ordinance to accomodate this proposal. Mr. Johnson replied their intention involved supplementing or modifying by addition rather than changing the ordinance. Mr. Marks added he felt the landscaping proposal made by Mr. Dale might provide a better barrier between the residential area to the east and the shopping center across Silver Lake Road than the present unkept property. Mr. Fornell suggested that the Council can suspend PUD regulations under Section 13, Subdivision 8, No. 2 , if desired. r -'John Murlowski of Belair Builders appeared next to seek concept ap- proval for a warehouse addition to the Berger Trasnfer Company building on 37th Avenue N.E. He presented the site plans for the proposed addition and said there would be a brick facade on the front of the • addition to match that of the existing building. There will be a common wall between the two. The width of the building was proposed to be reduced from the original plans to conform with the City zoning ordinance which requires at least 15 foot interior side yards . Board members questioned whether there would be adequate off-street parking for the additional employees which the staff had understood were being added with the addition but Mr. Murlowski said he had been as- sured by Mr. Dirks of Berger that there would be no new employees added. The builder said he thought the employees who now use Macalaster Drive to park are doing so because it is more convenient to reach the office area from the street and said the company has property elsewhere to park trucks. Mr. Fornell 's memo of February 11th said although the City zoning or- dinance requires a forty foot front yard setback, this building would conform to the front yard setbacks of the adjoining structure on the corner and with Norb's Purity Dairy Store, and thus be permissible. The builder was advised by Mr. Fornell that Ramsey County will prob- ably be taking additional space for its proposed reconstruction of 37th Avenue N.E. Motion by Mr. Bowerman and seconded by Mr. Marks to recommend concept approval to the Council for the addition to the Berger Transfer Com- pany building on 37th Avenue N.E. as presented, subject to the front • facade matching the existing building; the front yard setback being compatible to the adjacent structures and allowance of a 15 foot side (7)