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subject to specific conditions considered reasonable and/or necessary for the protection 45 of the public health, safety, and general welfare. 46 Section 1009.03D of the City Code specifies that three specific findings must be made in order to 47 approve a proposed interim use: 48 a. The proposed use will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary for the 49 public to take the property inthe future.Because the service and storage of boats is similar to 50 the historical use of the subject property for storage and service of buses and semi-trailers, 51 Planning Division staff believes that thecontinuation of theinterim usewould not 52 significantly exacerbate negative impactson the landwhich may have occurred at any time 53 during the past 40 years or more. 54 b. The proposed use will not create an excessive burden on parks, streets, and other public 55 facilities.Ten years of outdoor storage use has notproven to impose anexcessive burden on 56 streets, parks, or other facilities, and Planning Division staff believes that renewed approval 57 will not lead to any increases is such impacts. 58 c. The proposed use will not be injurious to the surrounding neighborhood or otherwise harm 59 the public health, safety, and general welfare.Feedback offered at the applicant’s November 60 th 17open housemeeting suggests that the outdoor storage use has not beeninjurious to the 61 surrounding neighborhood or otherwise harmful tothe public health, safety, and general 62 welfare, and Planning Division staff has no reason to expect otherwise if the approval is 63 renewed. 64 In any case, if an approved interim usefails to conform to any of these requirements or 65 conditions of the approval and such problems are not or cannot be reasonably resolved, the City 66 may initiate a public hearing process to revoke the approval. 67 The Development Review Committee (DRC) reviewed this application at its November 13, 68 2014,meetingand the screening of the storagearea was the only topic of concern. The chain link 69 fence with fabric panels does not conform to the minimum standards for screening, but it was 70 supported for Boaters Outlet because it is a temporary use on a property that has been poised for 71 redevelopment. This screening continues to be acceptable for thesame reason, but the screening 72 is absent from the gate and from the small section of fence abutting the building. Fabric panels 73 should be installed in these areas to complete the screening as viewed from County Road C.And 74 since redevelopment of the surrounding properties, and the potential for new sight lines from new 75 public or semi-publiclocations, seems to be as much a possibility as redevelopment of the 76 subject site, the DRC recommends requiring the remainder of the outdoor storage area to be 77 screened, consistent with the standard screening requirements for outdoor storage uses, by the 78 time redevelopment of any of the surrounding parcels has been completed. 79 PC UBLIC OMMENT 80 At the time this report was prepared, Planning Division staff hadnotreceived any additional 81 communicationsfrom the publicaboutthe interim use request. 82 PDR LANNING IVISIONECOMMENDATION 83 Based on the comments and findings outlined above inthis report, the Planning Division 84 recommendsrenewed approval of the proposed interim use, subject to the following conditions: 85 a. The outdoor storage area shall continue to be adequately screened as viewed from County 86 Road C. To achieve this, fabric panels shall be installed on the gate and on the section of 87 PF09-025_RPCA_120314 Page 3of 4