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4.01.1: Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Dated August 1, 2013 <br />Motion by Commissioner Bauer, seconded by Commissioner Nosan, to approve the following <br />minutes as presented: Planning Commission Meeting Minutes dated April 4, 2013. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Levine, Commissioners Bauer, Nosan, Brauer, Field, <br />Maul, and VanScoy. Voting No: None. Absent: None. <br />5. PUBLIC HEARINGS /COMMISSION BUSINESS <br />5.01: Public Hearing: Consider Request for a Home Occupation Permit for Matt's <br />Plumbing Solutions Located at 5565 164th Avenue NW; Case of Matt Ariola <br />Public Hearing <br />Chairperson Levine called the public hearing to order at 7:02 p.m. <br />Presentation <br />Associate Planner /Environmental Coordinator Anderson presented the staff report noting the <br />City learned of a home occupation based business being operated on the property located at 5565 <br />164 Avenue NW by Matt Ariola through the code enforcement program. He noted the <br />applicant owns and operates Matt's Plumbing Solutions out of a 1,596 square foot detached <br />accessory building on the subject property and has three (3) non - resident employees. City Code <br />stated that on properties less than three acres, there shall be no more than one (1) non - resident <br />employee that works on the subject property. The applicant has one employee that works onsite <br />and two plumbers that do not work on the subject property, but visit the site several times each <br />week. <br />Associate Planner /Environmental Coordinator Anderson explained a site visit of this property <br />was completed in August and there were 14 items stored outside. This number far exceeds the <br />amount allowed within City Code. In addition, a class five driveway was installed without the <br />issuance of a permit. It was noted there was a Quonset style detached accessory building on the <br />property that also required a building permit and there is no evidence of a permit for this <br />structure. <br />Associate Planner /Environmental Coordinator Anderson stated the concerns identified for this <br />property could be easily corrected by the applicant in order to bring the property into compliance <br />with the overall allowed number of outside items, being eight. He explained business owners are <br />allowed to bring home their commercial work vehicles so long as they are parked in the side or <br />rear yard on an improved surface, and need to be screened to a degree of 50% from adjacent <br />properties. He indicated the property was heavily wooded to the west and north. <br />Associate Planner /Environmental Coordinator Anderson commented that noise concerns have <br />been brought to the City regarding this property. It was his understanding that no pipe was being <br />Planning Commission /September 5, 2013 <br />Page 2 of 14 <br />