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er ice vehicles. Service vehicles that enter or leave if sites during the 10 .m. to 7 a.m. period remain a significant concern. As proposed. the ordinance would allow nighttime sere deliveries as permitted uses, but service vehicles over one tore load capacity 1,%-hich enter or exit the site between the hours of 1 0:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. would be required to use a designated route approved by the City. The designated route would keep vehicles at least 300' away from anv residential district boundary* or be completeiv screened by a building. wall. fence, or combination thereof from a point 14' ground above the gro landscaped berm, fen at the outside edge of the truer route lane to a point above the first floor (maid level) of the adjacent residences. Councilrnember Maschka suggested consideration of a complete prohibition on service deliveries in the S- C' district between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. 2.3 Backing operations within enclosed docking areas. The initial draft proposed a requirement for a fuller enclosed loading dock. The planning commission recommended deletion of the initial draft language requiring all loading and unloadin g operations, erations, including the backing up of vehicles as part of positioning to a loading doer, to occur within an enclosed structure. The current draft would still require the actual loading and unloading operations to occur within a fully enclosed structure with all exterior doors shut. The issue remaining is whether to reinstate the language relating to backing operations including the basin{ up o t vehicles as part of positioning to a loading dock. .4 Rollin warehouses. Counc' Imernber oedeke raised an issue. not previouslN considered as part of the stud` or Planning Commission hearing, regarding the practice of some retailers staging or storing inventory in trailers or other vehicles parked on -site. Many cities, including Roseville. have received citizen complaints about this practice. which can result in tractor trailer units and other vehicles remaining on site for several da .5 Snow removal o erations. Snow removal operations during the nighttime hours were discussed. As proposed, the draft would allow snow removal operations between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except that no permanent storage of snow would be allowed to occur within 300 feet of a residentiai area. Snow haulin g operations erations o f temporarily stored snow may have a significant disruptive impact on nearby residential areas however, it is difficult to cover all possibilities with one ordinance. 2.6 outdoor speakers and communication devices. The potential use of speakers or other p ubl is address systems that could be heard outside would be required to be screened but could be used between the hours 1 op.m. to 7 a.m. under the ordinance as recommended. Council members felt that the ordinance should include a p rovision to regulate or prohibit outdoor speakers in the evening. FICA(121- doc Page 2 of` 4