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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, September IS, 2003 <br />6:00 o'clock p.m. <br />Peter Johnson, Applicant's representative, was present. <br />Gaffion reported that WJM Properties requests a 16-month extension of the approvals <br />granted in Resolution No. 4845. The applicant also requests that a S' fence no less than <br />S0% opaque, be substituted for the screening berm and plantings required at the north and <br />northeast end of the east parking lot. <br />To recap, Gaffron stated that, in August 2002 the City Council adopted Resolution No. <br />4845 granting Industrial Site Plan Approval and a CUP per Zoning Code Section 10.50 <br />Subd. 3(A) to permit use of the property for a wholesale distribution facility, repair, parts <br />warehouse, and Heet sales and leasing lot. Due to delays caused primarily by conditions <br />imposed by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District related to wetland buffer and <br />easement requirements, WJM Properties has now applied for an extension of the approvals <br />granted in Resolution No. 4845 to December 31,2004, or an extension of 16 mon'hs. <br />Staff finds no apparent issues with an extension of the prior approval, noting that Morries <br />has been making revisions to the interior and exterior of the building and has complied to <br />date with the conditions of the Resolution. <br />While staff believes the fence should be allowed, Gaffron indicated they believe it should <br />only be an interim screening solution, and that a condition be established that the berm and <br />plantings shall be required at such time that the applicants' issues with the MCMVT) are <br />resolved. It should be noted that all improvements resulting in the creation of additional <br />impervious surface have been put on hold. These include the new display lot at the north <br />end of the building, the driveway along the west side, and the new parking areas south of <br />the building. However, use of the existing east parking lot will eventually commence, ^ <br />its screening is necessary regardless whether the remaining elements are constructed. <br />( <br />1 <br />PAGE 31 of 35