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3 October 1979 <br />PLANNING REPORT <br />CASE NUMBER: 1227 -79 <br />APPLICANT: Midway. Ford Company <br />LOCATION: West Side of Snelling Avenue, North <br />of County Road C <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Approval of Variance to Fence Heights <br />PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: <br />T <br />I. The propert' in question is the Midway Ford site, recently constructed on <br />the west side of Snelling Avenue (originally a portion of the old. Glue <br />Farm Number 2) . - Representatives of the Midway Ford Company have <br />.indicated to the staff that they are experiencing a really serious <br />problem of vandalism to some of the many cars that are parked on the site. <br />Representatives of the company, including Mark Mas tee., will be able to'-tell <br />the Commission and Council first hared the mature and extent of these <br />damages. They indicate that the situation is so serious that theY have <br />decided to bbild a seven foot high chain link fence around the entire <br />property, <br />2. The ordinance allows fences up to 3� feet high anywhere on a lot <br />(residential or business) and up to six foot high any place, on the lot <br />except in the required front yard (3 o feet contiguous to the service roe ad <br />in this case) . 'The Midway Ford people are therefore asking for a variance <br />to allow the construction of a seven foot fence on the property lime <br />surrounding the site. A total of four gates would be provided., one for <br />each of the access roads to the site. <br />3. Discussing this with Midway Ford representatives, we have suggested the <br />possibility of enclosing the entire site except for that portion immediately <br />between the highway and the principal structure. This was suggested with <br />the intent that this might-leave a more attracti <br />i ve appearance for the <br />structure itself * The Midway Ford people note, however, that some of their <br />most serious damage has occurred to the vehicles paned immediately in <br />front of the building. We sympathize with the Midway Ford people in <br />s e eying a solution to their very serious problem but we are concerned <br />about the aesthetic appearance of the structure and any negative impact <br />that might have on their business success ( and appearance to the <br />community) . We have found, in examining other suburban car dealerships <br />in the area that the fencing of the rear parking and storage area ' i s not <br />un coon ., We were not able to find one , however, where they had <br />fenc6d the entire site along the property line. We are genuinely concerned <br />about the potential negative results of a chain link fence con8tructed <br />between the building and the roadway, <br />