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Regular Planning CommissionMeeting Minutes – Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Page 13 MOTION 613 Member Boguszewski moved, seconded by Member CunninghamtoCONTINUE 614 the Public Hearing for City Code Chapter 1011 pertaining to tree preservation and 615 landscaping requirements to adate non-specificuntil such time as the proposed 616 plan is drafted and delivered to the Planning Commission and they have a chance 617 to review it. 618 Ayes: 5 619 Nays: 0 620 Motion carried. 621 Recess 622 Chair Boguszewski recessed the meeting at 8:50 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 8:56 p.m. 623 d.PLANNING FILE 15-016 624 Request by Roseville Properties, with property owners Pinecone-Fairview, LLC and 625 2720 Fairview DCE, LLC, for approval of outdoor semi-trailer storage at 2720 626 Fairview Avenue as an INTERIM USE 627 Chair Boguszewski opened the public hearing for Planning File 15-016 at 7:57 p.m. 628 City Planner Thomas Paschke briefly reviewed the history of this parcel and requestof 629 Roseville Properties for an Interim Use (IU) to use the former cross-dock freight terminal, 630 mainly a parking lot, for the storage of semi-trailers throughout the site to, as detailed in 631 the staff report dated September 2, 2015.Mr. Paschke displayed the site plan and aerial 632 maps showing cross-dock freight terminals from past uses; with this IU proposed at three 633 years until the property becomes more marketable, at which time the existing structure 634 will be razed, as detailed in the narrative found in Attachment C.Mr. Paschke advised 635 that specific requirements in staff’s analysis for an IU were addressed in the staff report; 636 with key issues related to public health addressed on page 3, and Item C containing 637 recommendations of the City’s Fire Marshal. 638 Mr. Paschke concluded that staff recommended approval of the three-year IU as 639 conditioned extensively on pages 5 – 6 of the staff report. 640 At the request of Member Murphy, the applicant provided an aerial viewof the site today 641 at 2720 Fairview Avenue. 642 Chair Boguszewski clarified that, as it now stands under current City Code and Zoning 643 Ordinance, this use is prohibited with the City having notified the applicant of the 644 prohibition and giving notice to remove the current use; at which time the applicant filed 645 this IU application for Planning Commission recommendation and ultimate resolution by 646 the City Council. 647 Mr. Paschke affirmed that summary. 648 Unlike so many applications coming before the Commission, Chair Boguszewski noted 649 that among the numerous conditions recommended by staff, none of them included a 650 screening or fence. 651 Mr. Paschke responded that the lot was too large for any fence to adequately screen the 652 trailer storage use; and therefore was not included as a condition of approval. 653 Noting the condition that trailers be moved back 70’, Member Cunninghamquestioned if 654 a fence wouldn’t help to some degree, since now they’re stored really close to the street, 655 but if moved back with a fence installed, it provided much better aesthetics. 656 Mr. Paschke stated that a fence would need to be extremely high to screen the trailers, 657 since they were higher than a typical fence height under City Code requirements.Mr. 658 Paschke further noted that the purpose of a fence is to hide or screen something, which 659 would not be achieved visually and prove futile, nor would it make financial sense for the 660 applicant for a short-term use.Using the example cited by Member Cunningham for the 661