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Board of Zoning Appeals -April 16, 2009 <br />MR. HOFFMAN: I can emphasize you not wanting to hide your retail and auto sales too, but I have some <br />empathy towards the blight of Area Plan in trying to bring some beauty, some aesthetics to the area. <br />MR. KIL. Mr. VanOverberghe said he would add the 15 planters and the additional tree along Olive Street. <br />MR. HOFFMAN: I think that could be a viable compromise. I can't promise how this Board votes but .... <br />MR. KILBASE: The only other thing Area Plan had was a recommendation that the dumpster areas that those <br />be enclosed with some form of gate. Was that just to put them out of view? <br />MR. KLUG: That's correct and also to also contain any loose garbage floating around or anything. So we <br />thought that would be a benefit to the area. <br />MR. KILBASE: Mr. Kil, would that be a possibility that gates be included in that for that purpose? <br />MR. KIL: Mr. VanOverberghe would be acceptable to adding the gates to the dumpsters, so. Just to double <br />check, I think with the wood fence that's proposed we can use a wood gate that's compliant with the <br />ordinance. I think that would be acceptable, is that right? <br />MR. KILBASE: I was going to come to you Chuck with the question, what ever they would propose for gates <br />would still be subject to review of the Building Department. <br />MR. BULOT: No. They asked for a variance so what ever they decide on today at this hearing would be what <br />they would be held to. <br />MR. HOFFMAN: I think he was referring to construction of said gates that they wouldn't be shabby. A <br />standard that the Building Department would look at or not. <br />MR. BULOT: There is an applied standard that it should be of reasonable construction value. <br />MR. KIL: And I think in talking with Mr. VanOverberghe a wood fence is one of the materials allowed by the <br />ordinance. We would use a compatible wood gate and with Mr. VanOverberghe's carpentry back ground. <br />MR. HOFFMAN: I was going to say it probably wouldn't be the first gate Mr. VanOverberghe has built. <br />MR. KIL: One of the things no doubt will be something that will holdup better than some of the other gates <br />- - vre've seen on other clients properties. - <br />MR. KILBASE: That was my question, was to see if we need to specify at this time what that would be. And <br />that answered my question. <br />MR. BULOT: Let's just clarify actually from the ordinance. Trash containers exceeding thirty six cubic feet <br />shall be screened on at least three sides by a building wall or solid wall enclosure not less than six feet in <br />height and no more than ten feet in height above grade equipped with an opaque screened gate and any solid <br />wall portion of the enclosure should be provided with foundation landscaping. <br />