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Victor Land Holdings, LLC – Site Plan and CUP Amendment mounted fixtures. The applicant has provided cut-sheet for both the wall lights for staff review and approval prior to installation. The lighting plan meets the ordinance standards along the property lines Fencing and Screening The applicant is proposing roof top mechanical equipment for the building. The plans show a 2 foot – 6 inch raised parapet wall from the roof line of the building. All roof top mechanical equipment shall be adequately screened from view. It is in staff’s opinion that the parapet will screen most of the roof top equipment. Staff has added that there will be an inspection during construction and that as a condition of approval prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy the equipment shall be screened. The applicant has indicated that the trash stored inside the building or screened with materials consistent with the building materials. The plans show a gate on the west side of the building to access the driveway on that side. They will have access to the exterior storage area of the existing building to the south. A fence is proposed to be installed from the gate to the existing fence along the west side of the property. The new fence shall be a black vinyl chain link fence. Streets and Access The 2040 Comprehensive Plan shows 140th Street as a future road that will extend to Elmcrest Avenue. It is classified as a future minor collector road. The applicant is proposing to construct an extension to 140th Street to the west property line. The access to the site would be from the proposed extension of 140th Street. In 2013, the City Council adopted an assessment policy for developer-driven improvements. The policy outlines criteria to consider the requests of developers to have the City design and construct roadways/utilities and assess the costs to the property. One of the three criteria is that the requests are limited to areas with commercial and industrial development. Staff has received a letter from the developer requesting that the City cost share on the construction of the extension of 140th Street. They proposed the cost share be 50% each and that the developers cost be assessed to the property over a five year period. The request also include the City adding the construction of 140th Street in the CIP for 2022. The request generally complies with the assessment policy for development-driven improvements with a few modification regarding cost share. There are benefits to the City with the construction of the road. The City owns a majority of the property along of 140th Street, where the extension of the road would occur. There is a sanitary sewer lift station north of 140th Street that is currently accessed from a gravel driveway. An improved paved 140th Street would provide the City better access to the lift station for monitoring and maintenance. Also, Clearwater Creek Preserve Park is west of 140th Street. At its November 16, 2021, meeting the EDA considered the request of the applicant for cost sharing on the road improvement and assessing the developer’s portion of the cost to the