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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, October 03, 2012 Page 3 At the request of Member Lester, Mr. Paschke advised that, concerns of those permitted 94 uses growing into larger uses that would negatively impact a specific Zoning District were 95 negligible since these areas typically involved smaller areas within multi-tenant buildings, 96 averaging 5,000 square feet or less. Mr. Paschke noted that this would further dictate if a 97 use remained appropriate or if a new location was needed for that use. 98 At the request of Member Lester, Mr. Paschke reviewed the definition and distinctions of 99 industrial processing of raw materials, usually larger operations, rather than this 100 application. 101 Mr. Lloyd provided several examples; clarifying permitted uses could include a small 102 brewery with limited production versus a prohibited use such as smelting iron or 103 producing heavy kinds of products from those raw materials. 104 Mr. Paschke concurred, noting that high end manufacturing would not be a permitted use 105 (e.g. potato chip production); with the cost per outfit used as part of the determination for 106 permitted versus unpermitted uses. 107 At the request of Member Strohmeier, staff provided additional types of operations that 108 would become permitted uses with these text amendments, including but not limited to: 109 small tool and die facility; receiving products for repackaging and distribution (e.g. 110 Fastenal); and the distinction between production, processing and assembly. Mr. 111 Paschke advised that most of the uses would be small in scale, within the 3,500 to 4,000 112 square foot limitation; and would not accommodate uses for major production and/or 113 processing. 114 Public Comments 115 Mark Rancone, Roseville Properties 116 As a representative of several multi-tenant and single-tenant buildings in Roseville within 117 Regional Business District zoning designations, Mr. Rancone spoke in support of staff’s 118 recommendation for text amendments as outlined; and expressed appreciation for staff 119 being pro-active in understanding the realities of leasing to tenants under current limited 120 uses. 121 As an example, Mr. Rancone noted the CPI Card Group, formerly UV Color, a tenant of 122 Roseville Properties using that entire building that had been modestly upgraded several 123 years ago. Other examples included two other Roseville Properties buildings located at 124 1975 and 1995 County Road B-2 across from the U.S. Post Office (e.g. 125 Schneidermann’s) that had been constructed in the mid-1970’s, and formerly 126 office/warehouse uses. Mr. Rancone noted that the use had now been converted by 127 Roseville Properties to retail formats, with HOM Furniture built on the rear of that property 128 and having frontage road and freeway access and/or visibility versus their properties 129 running east/west to the freeway and having limited exposure that provided limited 130 opportunities for those parcels. 131 Mr. Rancone advised that the objective of their firm was that the buildings be allowed 132 uses for their highest and best uses. Mr. Rancone advised that Roseville Properties was 133 considering upgrading their two (2) buildings, including rain gardens and parking lot 134 improvements for better storm water control, as well as façade rehabilitation to entice 135 future tenants, some of whom requested the ability to have light manufacturing uses. 136 Before committing to making significant investments on those upgrades for those 137 buildings, Mr. Rancone asked that the Planning Commission support staff’s 138 recommendations and approve the requests. 139 Mr. Rancone advised that the buildings themselves had structural obsolescence that 140 would prevent any use for heavy semi traffic; but this action would allow for more 141 flexibility in City Code for practical application and uses over the next twenty (20) years. 142 Mr. Rancone opined that they are not currently good sites for high retail uses in their 143 present locations/conditions. 144