Agenda - Planning Commission - 02/06/2003

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City Code states that in a residential district, outside storage of commercial vehicles and equipment is permitted as an accessory use provided the following criteria can be maintained: 1) All vehicles and equipment must be parked in the side or rear yard 2) Must be screened to a degree of 75%, 100% of the time while unattended 2) All commercial vehicles and equipment located within the MUSA boundary must be parked on a concrete or bituminous pad and if the property is located outside of the MUSA boundary the commercial items must be parked on a minimum of Class V. Able Paving & Construction is utilizing the property for outside storage of a bobcat, 2 rollers, 3 trailers, 5 dump trucks, 1 truck, and a paving machine. They also perform mechanical work within an existing accessory structure and they periodically bring clean excess construction/paving products (i.e. sand and gravel) to the site. Able Paving arrives.to the subject property to utilize the vehicles and equipment around 6:00am and typically return to the site around 6:00pm. Currently the items are being stored on a combination of grass and gravel. Staff conducted an-on-site inspection and found an array of commercial vehicles and equipment, several 50-gallon drums filled with oil, and sand and gravel products on the site. Staff did notice that Mr. Bauer has placed Able Paving & Construction in an area on the subject property that is completely surrounded by mature trees. [t does not appear that any adjacent neighbors can visually see the commercial vehicles and equipment. : Recommendation: [t is staff's opinion that the request to store commercial vehicles and equipment on the subject property is not the most desirable use for the subject property. Staff is concerned with the 6:00am time period employees would be coming to the site and the commercial nature of the business increasing in activity during the summer months when construction is at its busiest time. Staff is also concerned with mechanical work being performed on site and excess construction/paving products being brought to the property. Staff if recommending denial of the request. Staff is of the opinion that the surrounding residential neighborhood could be negatively affected by the increase in traffic and commercial vehicle noise that will be generated by the nature of Able Paving's business, especially during the busy construction season. Staff is also concerned that if the City granted the interim use permit allowing just outdoor storage of vehicles and equipment and did not permit mechanical work on site or product to be brought to the site, the opportunity for Able Paving & Construction to perform a quick mechanical fix or store some excess product just overnight is greatly increased. Commission Action: Motion to adopt Resolution #03~02- Findings of Fact # relating to. a request from Gerry Bauer for an interim use permit to allow for commercial outside storage on a residentially'zoned parcel. -and- I i I I I I ! I I I I I I i I I I i I