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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - DECEMBER 6, 2000 6 Voting on the motion: Duchenes, Erickson, Nelson, and Sand voted aye, Baker voted nay. The motion carried (4-1), . This Planning Case wil1 be reviewed at the Monday, January 8, 2001, City Council meeting, PLANNING CASE # 00-40 - MANUFACTURERS' SERVICES - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT - 4300 WEST ROUND LAKE ROAD - PUBLIC HEARING Chair Erickson opened the public hearing at 8:16 p.m, Ms. Chaput explained that the applicant is requesting to amend the Planned Unit Development for 4300 West Round Lake Road for expansion of a trash compactor from eight yard compactor to a forty yard compactor, Ms. Chaput stated thatManufacturers' Services contacted the City regarding the expansion of their current compactor in October. She added that they have been located at 4300 West Round Lake Road since August, 1997, and since this time, they have grown significantly in staff and business, requiring the need for an expansion to their compactor. Ms, Chaput stated that the business currently uses an eight yard compactor and would like to expand it to forty yards. She added that the eight yard compactor was approved as part of Planning Case #96-12. She noted that the expanded compactor would al10w the business to operate more efficiently with a more cost effective way of disposing of solid waste. . Ms, Chaput stated, with regard to zoning requirements for screening of mechanical equipment, that Section VI, E, 4,j of the Zoning Ordinance requires that, "Screening shal1 also be provided where mechanical operating equipment is located on the ground or on the roof of the premises., ,constructed and located to prevent direct view of the equipment". She added that screening types may be a fence, wal1 or landscaping area. It is the property owner's responsibility to provide screening, as required, Ms, Chaput stated that the eight yard trash compactor is currently not screened, She added that it is situated outside a large screened area, holding liquid nitrogen tanks, She noted that the compactor is not currently enclosed because it is pul1ed five days a week for servicing and can not be accessed from within an enclosure, Ms, Chaput staled that the compactor is not visible from the road since it is screened by the adjacent enclosure, She added that since the proposed compactor is significantly larger than the existing compactor, the applicant has proposed a screening fence that juts out from the enclosure to solely screen the compactor from the road, She noted this would be one side of screening, not an enclosure. Ms. Chaput stated that the applicant proposes that it match the materials and height of the existing screening that is currently beside the compactor and extend for the length that the compactor surpasses the enclosure, She added the proposed forty yard compactor is an overall . length of26' plus the doghouse which is an additiona125', Ms. Chaput reviewed a site plan showing the phases of development in this area which demonstrates that the area where the compactor currently is situated and will be expanded within