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<br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Levine, Brauer, Hunt, and Van <br />Scoy. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Cleveland and Rogers. <br /> <br />The public hearing closed at 7:51 p.m. <br /> <br />Commission Business <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt called the regular meeting of the Planning Commission back to order at 7:51 <br />p.m. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt stated he generally supports a ten acre site for this type of home occupation <br />without an extreme abuse of the home occupation concept, and added it appears the constraints <br />will streamline their operations. He stated he. felt it was fair that adjacent residents should not <br />have their evenings intenupted by noise and reiterated his concern regarding stockpiling <br />materials. <br /> <br />Commissioner Brauer asked if it would be feasible to break the wood down into six or eight foot <br />lengths prior to bringing the logs on site in order to cut down on the noise. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt suggested giving consideration to placing specific time limits on the loading <br />and unloading activities. <br /> <br />Motion by Chairperson. Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Levine, to recommend that City <br />Council adopt Findings of Fact relating to the applicant's request for a home occupation permit. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixtl Commissioners Levine, Brauer, Hunt, and Van <br />Scoy. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Cleveland and Rogers. <br /> <br />Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Brauer, to. recommend that City <br />Council approve the applicant's request for a home occupation permit based'on the findings of <br />fact, subject to City staff working with the applicant to put in place time constraints with respect <br />to the hours of operation relative to splitting, chipping, shredding, or otherwise subdividing wood <br />on the property. <br /> <br />Further Discussion: Commissioner Brauer asked if there also needs to be a requirement for some <br />type of screening. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt asked if the Planning Commission needs to designate a location for storage and <br />to require proper screening, and whether it should look at some basis for establishing a maximum <br />height of accumulated materials and putting an aggregate limitation on what can be on site at any <br />given time. <br /> <br />Associate Planner Gladhill stated that Case #3 will address these issues. <br /> <br />Planning CommissionlNovember 6, 2008 <br />Page 8 of 18 <br /> <br />P8 <br />