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ROSEVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday September 5, 1990 Page 12 alternative exterior materials. Roll Call: Ayes: Berry, Goedeke, Johnson, Roberts, stokes, wietecki Nayes: None Planning File 2155 city of Roseville request for variances at 1140 Woodhill Drive. Presentation Shardlow presented proposal. Shardlow stated that this proposal was for the variances only. The new addition to the city public works building is set back only 22 feet from the road, the ordinance requires 30 feet. A proposed wall is eleven feet high, the ordinance puts a 6 1/2 foot limit on fences. steve Gatlin, Public Works Director, stated that there was hardship because the existing building is needed and there is no room for expansion east or west. Gatlin stated that with the new building the city would better able to utilize it's site. Gatlin pointed out that the wall has to be eleven feet in order to properly screen the large machinery. Berry questioned whether there would be plantings and landscaping. Gatlin stated that there would be and pointed them out on a drawing. wietecki questioned why there was a 6 l/2 foot limitation on fences. Shardlow stated that it was city policy to treat anything higher than 6 1/2 feet as a structure. Goedeke questioned why the proposed addition had to be so large. Gatlin responded that large machinery would use the building, anything smaller would render the building useless. Roberts stated that the wall height facing civic Center Dr. was seven feet. Gatlin stated that due to a berm, wall facing the street showed only seven feet. Goedeke questioned whether there would be brick all around the building. Keel stated that there was a small portion of painted block in the back of the building in order to blend in with existing building. wietecki questioned why the courtyard couldn't be lowered in order to better screen the machinery. that it would be very expensive and make it harder to enter the buildings. excavated and Gatlin stated for machinery