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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, April 06, 2011 Page 15 MOTION 706 Member Wozniak moved, seconded by Member Boerigter to RECOMMEND 707 approval of the REZONING of Cleveland Avenue and Outlot A, from 2990 and 2996 708 High Density Residential-1(HDR-1) to High Density Residential-2 (HDR-2); as 709 detailed in the Request for Planning Commission Action dated April 6, 2011. 710 Ayes: 7 711 Nays: 0 712 Motion carried. 713 MOTION 714 Member Wozniak moved, seconded by Member Boerigter to RECOMMEND 715 approval of the PRELIMINARY PLAT and supportive documents for United 716 Properties pertaining to an assisted living facility; as detailed in the Request for 717 Planning Commission Action dated April 6, 2011. 718 Ayes: 7 719 Nays: 0 720 Motion carried. 721 It was noted that this case is scheduled to be heard at the April 18 or April 25, 2011 City 722 Council meeting. 723 i. PLANNING FILE 11-010 724 Joint Request by Meritex Enterprises, Inc. for approval of a PRELIMINARY PLAT of 725 the property at 2280 Walnut Street and approval of outdoor storage as a 726 CONDITIONAL USE for Airgas North Central 727 Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing at 8:19 p.m. 728 City Planner Thomas Paschke reviewed the request of Meritex Enterprises, Inc. for 729 approval of a PRELIMINARY PLAT of the industrially-zoned property at 2280 Walnut 730 Street; and a request by AirGas North Central for approval of a CONDITIONAL USE to 731 allow outdoor storage of bulk gas cylinders. Mr. Paschke clarified that the Site Plan 732 included storage bunkers for the gas cylinders, detailed in Sections 4.2 through 4.5 of the 733 Request for Planning Commission Action dated April 06, 2011. 734 Mr. Paschke noted discussion of City staff from various departments, representing the 735 Development Review Committee (DRC), specific to site design, including location of 736 accesses, private versus public ponds, fencing height and material, and parking lot 737 construction to include curb and gutter, as detailed in Section 6.4 of the report. 738 Mr. Paschke summarized staff’s analysis of outdoor storage and manufacturing, 739 distribution of uses within industrial district and general criteria; environmental 740 regulations; and other considerations and conditions as detailed in Sections 6.2 and 6.3 741 of the staff report. 742 Staff recommended approval of the requests, as detailed in Section 7 of the staff report 743 dated April 6, 2011. 744 Member Wozniak questioned Condition 7.1.a of the report regarding removal of drainage 745 pond easements, and how that would be accomplished; with Mr. Paschke advising that 746 they would be removed from the Preliminary Plat, and while the Watershed District may 747 requirement easements over ponds, they were to remain private, not public, as the City 748 had no intent to maintain them, and if included on the plat, they would become public and 749 require city maintenance. 750 Applicant Representatives, Jim Paris, Consolidated Construction Company 751 Mr. Paris concurred with staff’s analysis; and briefly reviewed the reputation of AirGas 752 and their commitments to the same principles that were important to the City. Mr. Paris 753 advised that AirGas had never been denied a Conditional Use to-date; as clearly 754 evidenced by staff’s review of and recommendation for approval of the request. Mr. Paris 755 advised that it was the intent of AirGas to do things right and be an asset in the 756