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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 12, 2013 Page 12 cilmember McGehee questioned if striking areas of outdoor "storage," services or manufacturing was in error. Related to opacity, Mr. Paschke advised that, while the existing ordinance may re- fer to opacity at 85%, the 95% was an attempt to get closer to 100% opacity, but still allowing for other types of screening materials than wood that may be more practical or cost effective in industrial areas versus building wooden fences. Mr. Paschke advised that this could allow for other types of netting and provided greater flexibility for staff to work with individuals on the best screening material for their particular situation. As an example, Mr. Paschke used the AirGas site off Walnut Road adjacent to Meritex; with their screening application providing al- most 100% opacity, but still able to be seen through, but appropriate in an indus- trial situation. Mr. Paschke cautioned that such a material may not be so appro- priate in other situations. From his perspective, Mayor Roe opined that from an enforcement point of view, 95% opacity did not mean 95 out of 100 feet screened completely and 5 feet com- pletely unscreened; the 95% opacity requirement had to be achieved over any por- tion of the fencing. As an example, Mayor Roe used several photos included in packet materials (pages 4 and 5). Related to Councilmember McGehee's question about outside storage of loose materials in an Office/Business Park, Mr. Paschke noted that the rationale for that language was to recognize that an Office/Business Park use is not traditionally in- dustrial in nature. Mr. Paschke opined that those areas would not typically see loose materials (e.g. aggregate or shingles) stored outside; but if a situation arose and additional screening was indicated to screen those materials adjacent to an- other office building, approval could be granted and/or denied based on a Condi- tional Use application. Councilmember McGehee proposed not permitting outdoor storage of loose mate- rials in a zoning district designated Office/Business Park; opining that those mate- rials were not reasonable in such an area, but rather in an industrial area. Mr. Paschke responded by noting that there were already pre-existing uses that became legal, non-conforming when the Zoning Ordinance was changed in 2010 creating the Regional Business District. Councilmember McGehee asserted that just because something was an existing use in the Business Park did not create the need to change code to propagate or extend that existing use versus letting those grandfathered uses expire or change to eliminate that particular type of storage in a Business Park if guided toward a different future use.