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Planning Commission Minutes — September 13, 2007 <br />Page 3 <br />some big trucks, but was in the process of selling them. He had the semi for sale, which the <br />beeping was from. He will have one single axel pumper truck only to be used for emergencies, <br />and a pumper jetter truck used approximately once a month. The van would only be used for an <br />additional employee if they got one. He said he only drives 20 mph down the road, and had told <br />other employees to go slow. <br />McRoberts asked about the number of vehicle trips. <br />Modrow explained his work schedule, saying he sometimes came home for lunch if he was <br />working locally. He said the truck doesn't leave that often. <br />Moore surmised that if he picked up new clients, he would be using all the trucks. <br />Modrow explained that most of his accounts would not use the big trucks. <br />Bailly asked if the trucks needed to run prior to use. <br />Modrow said the pumper truck runs for about ten minutes. <br />Weidt asked how often they make emergency calls. <br />Modrow said once or twice a week, it would all depend. He said there was another person who <br />took the truck home with him, and they took turns on service calls. <br />Weidt asked about how often the diesels were taken out and what the size of the trucks was. <br />Modrow said the big jobs were scheduled for mornings; only the van leaves at night. He said the <br />truck held 2000 gallons. <br />Bailly suggested a condition specifying certain hours the pumper and jetter trucks would be <br />allowed to run. <br />Rosenquist said that would be difficult to put a condition on when the trucks ran; if he needed it, <br />he needed it. Rosenquist said he did not think it should be operated at all. <br />Weidt asked Modrow how long he had lived there. <br />Modrow said he had been there for a year and a half. <br />Schumann said they were missing the spirit and intent of home based businesses. The screening <br />was good but he had problems with the nature of the business and felt they may be doing the <br />applicant a disservice by allowing it when he should be looking for someplace else to run the <br />business. <br />Modrow said he did not understand how his business was different than a farm business. <br />McRoberts explained the standards set in the home occupation ordinance allowed for exceptions <br />