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Parking areas containing more than six spaces that face cither a public street and/or rcsidcntially zoned property shall have a solid \%-all or fence of not less than four feet nor more than six feet in height for screening. The material for the screening shall be designed to be architecturally harmonious uith the principal building on the lot. The Council may approve a screened planting may be substituted for the fence or wall. The property owners had relocated the employee parking area inside .* fence, but have requested to relocate employee parking outside the fence to the west side of th 'uilding and fence. Please refer to the anached site plan depicting the parking areas. The parkin^ area is outside the required 75' setback, but is located closer to the front property line than the building. Customer and visitor parking is located on the south side of the building. Code requires parking areas to be located a minimum of 10 ’ from the building. Because the building is existing they have requested to use the parking areas tliat have served the building and not to relocate the parking. Parking areas are required to be a hard, all-weather, durable, dust-free surface material. The spaces to the interior (customer/visitor spaces) are existing asphalt surface. Proposed employee parking spaces west of the building are natural and gravel ground cover. Noisc/Hours of Operation The Noise Ordinance docs not limit hours of operation in the I district. The operation hours for ABC Summer hours: Winter hours; 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 7:00 a m. to Noon Closed 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Nionday through Friday Saturday Sunday Monday through Friday Saturday and Sunday The hours of operation arc the hours when ABC is open for business. Outside regular business hours delivery tnteks enter the property or park outside the gate. The deliveries are t>pically made with semi trucks that may sit outside the yard idling until ABC opens and deliveries con be made. This type of activity has the potential to generate excessive noise and odors from exhaust while Uic trucks maneuver or idle. The Zoning Oidinancc has performance standards to protect the public safety and health against such things as noise, smoke, toxic or noxious matter, odors, vibration and glare. Applicant should be asked to comment on any off hour activity that may occur on the property. Lighting Sev eral wall pack lights are located on the building to provide basic security of the property and ore illuminated in the evenings. The lights ore consistent with the type of lighting normally associated with industrial or commercial areas and pose a minimal impact on surrounding properties. MI-2693 ABC Suppb Co. lac 450OMCr>ttalBc> RMd 7>I6DI