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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, May 05, 2010 Page 4 pollution the residents had been experiencing that was well beyond City Code 148 acceptance and application; impacting the value of their homes. Mr. Ring noted 149 the recent efforts of Mr. Albrecht and Mr. Wicklund in cleaning up the property 150 prior to this requested action; however, he expressed concern that this may not 151 be a long term effort; and requested that the City ensure residential property 152 owners that, in the future, they would move to enforce all other City Code related 153 to this property; and noted that Mr. Albrecht has a commercial business several 154 parcels down from this parcel. 155 Mr. Ring expressed concern with the physical location and height of his property 156 at 1455 Rose Place; and suggested another two feet (2’) added to the height of 157 the existing fence to better shield their property. Mr. Ring sought to reach an 158 accommodation with the property owner and lessee; and suggested that the offer 159 proposed by Mr. Albrecht at the open house to plant trees on residential 160 properties may be a better screening solution. 161 Tony Mickelsen, 1463 Rose Place 162 Mr. Mickelsen expressed frustration in over eight (8) years of attempting to work 163 with Roseville Code Enforcement staff on areas of concern, including issues of 164 rubbish and noise; declining property values; inconsistencies of this property 165 owner to comply with City Code; and the inability of staff to find resolution, and 166 appearing to be more pro-business than pro-residential properties. Mr. Mickelsen 167 expressed his resentment and disappointment with such appearances. Mr. 168 Mickelsen stated that he wished to work with the property owner and lessee, and 169 was supportive of small businesses in the community and their impact to the 170 City’s tax base; however, he asked that if they were consistently not in 171 compliance with City Code, they eventually brought property values down. Mr. 172 Mickelsen concluded by stating that the codes were already on the books, and 173 asked that the City enforce them. 174 Chair Doherty closed the Public Hearing at 7:25 p.m. 175 Discussion among Commissioners and staff included fence setbacks of twenty 176 feet (20’) and setbacks of storage at twenty feet (20’) from that fence for 177 commercial areas; proposed existing fence location part of the legacy of the 178 property; past application of Comprehensive Plan amendment geared toward this 179 stretch of property along County Road C and adjacent residential properties 180 south of that industrial property and ongoing challenges to maintain vegetative 181 screening; and proposed rear yard setback respective to outdoor storage on a 182 property zoned to not allow such outdoor storage and requirements for buildings 183 set back one hundred feet (100’) from residential and abutting property lines for 184 Light Industrial uses, with parking required to be forty feet (40’) from that property 185 line and screened from residential properties. 186 Further discussion included the ongoing code compliance issues with this 187 property and inability to enforce them based on current code, and rationale for 188 this INTERIM USE process to establish certain requirements and a remedy to 189 revoke the approval if noncompliant, while attempting to retain the small business 190 use; submission of the property owner’s site plan for verification of the intent of 191 the INTERIM USE; and rationale for the five-year provision based on the natural 192 expiration for approval or removal of outdoor storage before that point, but 193 providing the applicant with the ability to benefit from their capital improvements 194 on the site. 195 Additional discussion included the INTERIM USE specifically tied to the user, not 196 the property; engineering complications in requiring a two-foot extension to the 197 existing fence; lack of fence height limitations in industrial areas, with a minimum 198 of eight feet (8’) or whatever is necessary to screen outdoor storage on site; type 199 of materials of existing fence; and suggestions for revised language of several 200 conditions and impacts of those revisions. 201