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5.2RSCUC: Section 1009.02D of the City Code EVIEW OF PECIFICONDITIONALSERITERIA 56 establishes additional standards and criteria that are specific to outdoor storage facilities; 57 they are as follows. 58 a. Areas of outdoor activity or storage shall be located to the side or rear of buildings 59 and shall not be located between the principal use and the primary public street. The 60 proposed outdoor storage area is at the rear of the building; this location should not 61 be visible from the public street except through the entrance gate. 62 b. Areas of outdoor activity or storage shall be screened by a solid opaque wall or fence 63 at least 8 feet in height. The proposed fencing illustrated on the site plan (included 64 with this staff report as Attachment C) would fall short of the letter of this 65 requirement, but Planning Division staff believes that the proposed 6-foot fencing can 66 be supported. As noted above, the trailer leasing facility predates the zoning 67 requirements for screening and obtaining approval of the outdoor storage as a 68 conditional use, and the existing fencing around the property was for security rather 69 than screening; as such, the fence is bare chain link and only 6 feet tall. A 2012 70 approval allowed outdoor storage of a bus on a Partridge Road parcel, but required 71 the replacement of a similar fence with a proper screen fence in that case because the 72 property had not been used for outdoor storage up to then. In the present case, the 73 property has long been used for outdoor storage of semi-trailers, and Planning 74 Division staff believes that merely adding slats to the existing fence to improve the 75 screening is reasonable because it would bring the site into greater conformity even 76 though it would not completely meet the code requirements. The applicant has also 77 proposed to screen the rear of the property, which faces the Gross Golf Course in 78 Minneapolis, with arborvitae or other opaque evergreen plantings. This is 79 unconventional in an industrial area, but Planning Division staff believes that such 80 screening would be an effective alternative and appreciated by users of the golf 81 course. 82 c. Aggregates and other granular materials shall be stored in such a way that prevents 83 erosion. Aggregates or granular materials are not proposed to be stored outdoors, nor 84 would this be allowed without appropriate review and approval. 85 d. The Planning Commission and City Council shall give special consideration to the 86 height of equipment and materials stored outside and its visibility from nearby 87 properties and roadways. Planning Division staff does not believe that a bus fleet 88 warrants the kind of special consideration identified in this provision, which is 89 intended to account for large piles of materials or tall pieces of machinery. 90 5.1Roseville’s Development Review Committee, a body comprising staff from various City 91 th departments, met on April 19 to review and discuss the proposal. The only comments 92 which have not been addressed above are as follows: 93 a. Inoperable vehicles should not be allowed to remain outdoors. 94 b. Any screen plantings along the western property boundary should remain outside of 95 any easements. 96 c. Any future expansion of the outdoor storage area needs to be paved, with the 97 installation of associated storm water control measures, according to the pertinent, 98 standard code requirements. 99 PF12-006_RCA_052112 (2) Page 3 of 4