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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Page 5 two prior IU’s, Mr. Paschke advised that the only remaining one was on Fairview 203 Avenue, with the storage on the County Road C-2 site now gone. 204 At the request of Member Daire, Mr. Paschke advised, and confirmed by Member 205 Murphy, that the typical semi trailer length was 40’; with the normal width of the 206 fire lane, as required by the Fire Marshal between 24’ and 30’. At the further 207 request of Member Daire regarding whether or not the Hennepin County Golf 208 Course adjacent to this site had been notified, Mr. Paschke stated he would need 209 to check the zoning notification affidavit to confirm that notice. 210 If the trailers are not moved out by the two year IU expiration, Member Gitzen 211 asked staff what the enforcement process involved. 212 Mr. Paschke reviewed the process, with the city sending out a letter to the 213 applicant prior to the IU expiration for the applicant to advise if they intend to seek 214 an extension or remove the trailers before the IU expiration. If the IU expires and 215 the trailer storage remains, Mr. Paschke noted city code provided a course of 216 action to rectify that non-complying situation, including many steps, ultimately 217 involving the court system. 218 Member Daire asked if a condition should be applied prohibiting hazardous or 219 flammable material storage, expressing concern in preventing potential fires. 220 Chair Boguszewski suggested that be a consideration of the Commission, with the 221 applicant stating their comments related to such a condition. However, Chair 222 Boguszewski noted Goodwill Industries has eligibility criteria in place that they will 223 not accept certain donated items, which would obviously apply to storage of those 224 materials in these trailers as well. 225 Applicant Representative Steve Dorff with Meritex 226 Mr. Dorff agreed with staff’s presentation; and noted these trailers typically involve 227 nomadic storage and were previously stored on the Fairview Avenue site. 228 At the request of Chair Boguszewski, Mr. Dorff clarified the length of the trailers at 229 40’ as longer trailers were too expensive for this use; and agreed to accept the 230 additional condition related to hazardous materials, but clarified he also, similarly 231 to staff, would not attempt to enforce that provision. 232 Member Murphy suggested, rather than mentioning a specific industry in the 233 condition that its language simply stated that trailers labeled “hazardous 234 materials” were not acceptable on the site. 235 Chair Boguszewski closed the public hearing at 7:14 p.m.; no one spoke for or 236 against. 237 MOTION 238 Member Murphy moved, seconded by Member Kimble to recommend to the 239 City Council APPROVAL of the INTERIM USE of the property addressed as 240 2470 Highcrest/2501 Walnut, based on the comments and findings of this 241 report and conditions as detailed in lines 72 – 82 (page 4); amended as 242 follows: 243  Add Condition 6: “Stored trailers shall and their contents shall be 244 limited to goods stored by Blue Box/Goodwill Industries and shall not 245 contain any items requiring a “hazardous materials” placard. 246 Member Cunningham expressed her concern that Roseville not become known as 247 a place for trailer storage; and at some point, these IU’s should be cut off. While 248 this is in an area with no nearby residential neighbors and not creating an 249 eyesore, Member Cunningham stated that, personally, she is at the cut-off point 250 for granting IU’s now, and wanted to make the point clear that trailer storage 251 should not become known as one of the city’s main businesses. 252