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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 8, 2001 7 MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to approve Planning Case #00-37, Thomas Whittles, 1867 Glen Paul Avenue, Front Yard Variance. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). . 2. Case #00-40, Manufacturer's Services, 4300 Round Lake Road, Planned Unit Development (PUD) Amendment Ms. Chaput explained the applicant was requesting to amend the Planned Unit Development for 4300 West Round Lake Road for expansion of a trash compactor from an eight-yard compactor to a forty-yard compactor. Ms. Chaput stated applicant's business had grown significantly in staff size and business volume, requiring the need for an expansion to their compactor. The expanded forty-yard compactor would allow the business to operate more efficiently with a more cost-effective way of disposing of solid waste. . Ms. Chaput stated the Zoning Ordnance required that, "Screening shall also be provided where mechanical operating equipment is located on the ground or on the roof of the premises.. . constructed and located to present direct view of the equipment". Screening types may be a fence, wall or landscaping area. It was the property owner's responsibility to provide screening, as required. Currently, the eight-yard trash compactor was not screened. It was situated outside a large screened area, holding liquid nitrogen tanks. The compactor was not currently enclosed because it was pulled five days a week for servicing and could not be accessed from within an enclosure. Also, it was not visible from the road since it was screened by the adjacent enclosure. Since the proposed compactor was significantly larger than the existing compactor, the applicant had proposed a screening fence that juts out from the enclosure to solely screen the compactor from the road. This would be on one side of the screening, not an enclosure. The applicant proposed that it match the materials and height of the existing screening that was currently beside the compactor and extend for the length of the compactor surpasses the enclosure. The proposed forty-yard compactor was an overall length of26' plus the doghouse, which was an additional 5 feet. Ms. Chaput stated the Planning Commission recommended approval for the expansion of the trash compactor from eight-yard to forty-yards with the following conditions: 1. Construct a screening fence in the location shown on the applicant's plan of the same materials, opacity and height of the existing screened enclosure to the west of the existing compactor, screening liquid nitrogen tanks; and 2. Application for a building permit must be made with the Building Inspector; and 3. The compactor may be installed immediately on the condition that the screening will be in place by no later than June 1, 2001. . Ms. Chaput indicated while reviewing this case, the Planning Commission expressed some dissatisfaction with an existing dumpster on the property. She stated staff would contact United Properties to discuss the issue of dumpster screening for this location as well as the buildings along Gateway Boulevard.