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, . . . ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - NOVEMBER 3, 1999 DRAFT 7 Ms. McMonigal stated that a question had been raised regarding what use category the proposed Ranlsey COllilty Maintenance facility would fall llilder. She explained that this facility would be a special use under the Public Use category. Commissioner Galatowitsch confmned that the Ramsey COllilty facility would not be allowed exterior storage. Ms. McMonigal stated that some public maintenance facilities store all items indoors. Materials are stored in heated or cold storage buildings. Commissioner Galatowitsch noted that these sort of buildings may not be what the City wants to promote in the Civic Center District. Chair Erickson pointed out that the Development Standards section of the Ordinance addressed issues such as building materials and bulk. Ms. McMonigal noted that the Special Requirements section also addressed staging areas. This section defined staging areas as any exterior area that is used to load, llilload, stack, pile, or assemble materials to be used either on or off site. The Ordinance stated that staging areas shall be free of materials or vehicles at the close of each business day and overnight, weekend, or holiday storage is not permitted. The staging area restrictions were proposed to be strict in order to address these requirements. She added that hazardous materials had also been addressed in this section, stating that all hazardous materials, used or stored on site, are subject to the regulations ofthe State Fire and Building Code and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Ms. McMonigal stated that Zoning Ordinances are prescriptive by nature, which means that the listed uses are allowed and all other uses are not allowed. The City of Arden Hills goes one step further in that it also lists prohibited uses within the Zoning Ordinance. The prohibited uses included in this Ordinance included outdoor storage of equipment, vehicles, and materials; towers for telecommunications; open sales, rental or storage lots; fast food establishments; drive- in businesses; single and two-family housing; gasoline service stations; commercial recreation; and uses that the City may determine are incompatible with its objectives. With regard to the development standards, Ms. McMonigal stated that there were specific items addressed in this Ordinance that were in addition to the existing Ordinance. The stipulations for fences included: I. No higher than six feet in rear yards only. 2. No barbed wire, razor wire, or spikes allowed. 3. Fences must blend into the landscape and minimize corrosion. Black or dark green vinyl coating is preferred. 4. All other requirements of Section VI.E. must be followed. With regard to screening, Ms. McMonigal stated that the following restrictions had been added to the Ordinance: 1. Special attention to screening from major roadways must be given. 2. Overhead garage doors, large parking lots, mechanical utilities and other such items must be properly screened. The following restrictions had been added to the building exteriors: 1. The arrangement, geometry and massing of individual buildings shall be responsive to the arrangement of the whole Civic Center District. This was to ensure that each building adds to the atmosphere created in the District.