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PF15-017_RPCA_090215 <br />Page 4 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Planning Division does have some concerns with the existing uses on the site and subject <br />proposal. In an inspection completed in April 2015, the City Planner noted a number of outdoor <br />storage violations on the site. Items such as loose materials, equipment, and vehicles were not <br />stored properly. Especially concerning was/is the large pile of gravel. Not as concerning, but still <br />needing attention, is the semi-truck leasing and sales business. As proposed, some of the trailers, <br />construction equipment, semi-trucks, and vehicles are to be stored on areas that are not currently <br />paved. The Zoning Ordinance requires that all areas used for parking be paved in accordance with <br />Section 1019.11.F. The Planning staff supports the temporary parking of trailers and the activities of <br />SRC on the existing gravel/sand. Compliance with the City Code to pave these parking areas will be <br />sought within 3 years. <br />Given the variety of uses on the subject property, it would also be helpful to establish some <br />parameters for vehicle storage on the premises. As currently being utilized, semi-cabs fill the site, <br />and portions of the former fuel canopy and the contractor yard includes numerous vehicles, pieces of <br />equipment, and materials. <br />Aerial photography from 1974 to 2011 indicates mostly light industrial trucking business uses (sales, <br />service, and truck wash), with the rear lot having very limited activity until 2003 when Boaters <br />Outlet started storing boats there. It does appear that the area was leased from time to time by the <br />motor vehicle dealers along Long Lake Road for new vehicle storage. In 2009 the storage changed <br />to containers and trailers. While the Planning Division is not opposed to storage of semi-trailers, a <br />contractor yard, semi-truck service, or leasing and sales activities, there are a few matters that need <br />to be addressed in this IU. <br />Based on staff discussion and inspection and analysis of the current operation on the premises to <br />ensure that the property does not become a long-term outdoor storage facility, contractor yard, or <br />semi-truck sales and leasing facility, the Planning Division recommends the following: <br />1. All trailers on the west parcel shall be stored in a manner that neatly aligns the trailers in a <br />north/south fashion; the trailers can be parked two-deep. <br />2. No trailers will be allowed along the east fence, as this area shall be used as the drive lane and <br />access to/from County Road C2. <br />3. No containers will be allowed to be stored on the western parcel. <br />4. The 2217 property must install an 8-foot opaque screen fence, which shall extend from the <br />front of the building west to the fence on the western property and from rear of the building to <br />the 2211 building (north of the fuel canopy). This fence is required in order to screen the <br />storage and activities in the interior. <br />5. All equipment and construction items, seasonal or other, must be stored on an approved all- <br />weather surface. <br />6. All loose materials such as gravel, sand, or other product, must be placed in storage <br />compartments. <br />7. The large gravel pile in the middle of the 2211 property must be removed by June 1, 2016. <br />8. Semi-tractor sales and leasing shall be conducted only in the southeast corner parking lot and <br />along the east side of quonset hut back to the fuel canopy. <br />9. If the fuel canopy is removed, its area can be used for service vehicle staging.