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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Page 7 Member Wozniak expressed interest in excluding smaller, individual receptacles, 306 but that enclosures would improve park aesthetics for larger dumpsters, and 307 should only be required when major modifications were considered to a park or 308 area in which enclosures could be easily located. 309 Mr. Paschke clarified that previous discussions had been related to removal of 310 temporary or seasonal dumpsters that were removed and then returned next 311 spring once the new code was enacted, with them then requiring screening. Mr. 312 Paschke noted that this was a repeated complaint throughout Roseville and 313 handled by staff with no current code in place that would allow enforcement to 314 keep receptacles from becoming a nuisance due to their location and/or visibility, 315 as well as neighborho0d complaints from trash blowing out of the receptacles. 316 Mr. Paschke advised that, from a planning perspective, the parks should have 317 the same conformity standards as dumpsters in other districts to allow consistent 318 code enforcement and regulations, and opined that no great difficulties should be 319 encountered in complying with those regulations by the Parks and Recreation 320 Department. Mr. Paschke advised that it was not staff’s intent to step on the 321 Park and Recreation Department’s toes, but that the intent was to address 322 design standards up front and consistent throughout the City whether on public 323 or private property, while being open to modification and allowing flexibility where 324 so indicated. Mr. Paschke opined that it didn’t seem fair to exclude city-owned 325 property from private property when regulating design standards to achieve 326 uniformity and consistent code enforcement. 327 Ayes: 3 328 Nays: 2 329 Motion carried. 330 6. New Public Hearings 331 a. PLANNING FILE 10-029 332 Request by Meritex for approval of outdoor storage of rubble as an 333 INTERIM USE at 2295 Walnut Street to allow the pile created by the 334 demolition for the former building to remain until October 31, 2011. 335 Vice Chair Boerigter continued the Public Hearing for PLANNING FILE 10-029 at 336 7:35 p.m. 337 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the request of Meritex Enterprises, Inc., 338 2295 Walnut Street, for an INTERIM USE to leave the existing pile of rubble on 339 the property through the 2011 construction season. Mr. Lloyd noted that the 340 building had been demolished and that the intent of the owner was to sell the 341 demolition materials for recycling as base construction materials, rather than 342 shipping them off to a landfill. 343 Staff recommended approval of the proposed INTERIM USE, subject to certain 344 conditions, as detailed in the staff report dated November 17, 2010. 345 Discussion included a history of the demolition materials not being addressed 346 previously, due to staff not being aware of the owners non-compliance with 347 demolition permit provisions, and due to the construction market slowing and the 348 sale of materials not taking place in the anticipated timeframe; and staff then 349 becoming more aggressive with enforcement prior to instituting an abatement 350 process. 351 Further discussion included the proposed use of the vacant land, currently being 352 marketed as primarily industrial property as a whole or subdivided; remaining 353 materials not being of great significance compared to the original amount of 354 material; other parts of the demolition, such as seeding or restoration, still 355 pending; and length of time the demolition materials had been on site, estimated 356 by staff to be since mid-summer of 2010. 357