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Planning Commission Minutes — July 26, 2007 Page 4 Schumann suggested they consider rain gardens. Schwartzman said to maximize the property to the fullest, it made sense to align the driveway to 134th street, which has created a hardship. They had worked with the property owner to the north to create shared utilities which now caused water to run on to the property causing the ponds to be larger than necessary. They did not realize the utility easement was on the north property line which limits the available land to be developed. Schwartzman said screening the trash enclosure would not be an issue and they were using due diligence to screen the rooftop equipment. The cost of screening was expensive and sometimes more distracting. He said he would work with the City on it. He also said the sign would not create any traffic hazard and the future building would not exceed the height of the proposed building. They wanted approval of the variances. Gail Nordling explained he had worked in construction and development. He said at the Council meeting in April, they had requested assistance in TIF and the Council said they could not provide TIF but invited them to apply for a side setback variance. He passed out to the Commission a rendering of what the proposed building would look like and how they would encroach into the setback. He pointed out that the future buildings would not align with adjacent buildings and they would commit that the building would not be higher than the proposed one. It would be of the same quality construction and they would provide a letter committing to that. He pointed out that in January of 2006, the Council approved a variance for the Atkinson property in the Peloquin Industrial Park and one was recently approved for Rick Burr (Gusset Design). Nordling asked for a 15 foot setback on the north and a ten foot setback on the south, feeling it was an appropriate compromise. Schumann said there were no dimensions provided for the granting of the side yard variances, and in light of that, he would like to see the request withdraw. Rosenquist said he would like to see the whole plan withdrawn and have the applicant come back with a total plan showing all the buildings. Schwartzman said they were under a considerable time crunch. Rosenquist asked about the sizes of the proposed buildings. Schwartzman said they would be 17,000 and 15,000 square feet, considerably smaller than the 28,000 square feet proposed for the Multi -Feeder building. Nordling said the value of the property would be affected by the kind of the building that could be built, and it would affect financing. Schumann asked they show modifications to the infiltration ponds and explained he felt they were limited to what they could approve without seeing a plan. Rosenquist asked if the water could be put into a pipe instead of the swale.