pf_02810 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

screening, the fact that residences are on the hill overlooking the industry has caused the City to mandate additional protection, in the 15 foot tree barrier, per earlier note. .Paragraph 4--The report notes that the landscape plan does not comply with city design standards. The neighborhood's understanding is that the 40 foot buffer area requirement would entail planting of trees and shrubs in the remaining 25 feet. Mr. Wicklund's plan calls for grass for those 25 feet. In a meeting with a neighborhood representative and City staff in September, Mr. Wicklund indicated that he wanted to use that 25 feet to turn his trucks and loading equipment around. On his site plan, the storage piles of PVC pipe appear to be sited to allow that use of the 25 feet. PageS -Paragraph l--Is the specific buffer design referred to here, the master plan referred to on p. 1, paragraph 2? Ifso, we feel, given the history of problems in this area, that the specifics which will be required need to be spelled out in advance, and in the conditional use permit, especially given the history of problems in the area. 3. Comments on City Planning Staff's Draft Resolution Page 2 - Item 7- At present, piles of coiled piping appear substantially higher than 8 feet, and clearly visible from Schriefels residence. In addition, the stacks would be 3 feet higher than the 5 foot screening fence in the current recommendations. - Item 8--PVC will be stacked to a 6 foot height. Again, the fence mentioned in item 12 is a 5-foot fence. -Item 11. Numbers of trees to be planted should be listed in the document. The term "Property owner" should be clarified throughout as to whether it refers to the land owner or the business owner. In addition, a time line for replacement of any dead or downed trees should be specified, especially considering that the CUITent owners have not replanted the existing holes in the tree barrier, despite a lapse of several years under their ownership. · Item 12-Per earlier notes, a 5-foot fence will not provide the necessary screening from the residences, at least-certainly not one placed at the CUITent 15 foot distance from the property line. Also, at what date would any fence alteration be required to be completed? · Item 13-The neighborhood does not see this as agreeable. We would like to see the entire 40 foot buffer area specified in the Roseville Zoning Code (section l007.0lA) treated as such, and would like to see plantings of trees in that area. Part of our reasoning is, that, as natural processes such as disease or storms deplete the existing tree barrier as they have in the past, these trees would provide for some interim screening as replacement trees in the 15 foot zone would be planted and take hold and grow. It would provide a backup insurance against the increased visual 3