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REGULAR MEETINGNOVEMBER 23, 2009 fence; they are actually going to be doing some screening for that. He stated that what they are asking the Council to do is to approve the Special Exception and allow Ziolkowski to go to this location for their corporate offices, this is not just going to be outside storage, but this will also be their main office and so they will have pride as well as in ownership of this particular location. Councilmember Oliver Davis questioned the irrigation issue. Mr. Danch stated that there are also restriction within the zoning ordinance for the guidelines for landscaping and if any of the landscaping would die, the owner does have to replace it, it is a basically a policing power by the Building Department and they would abide by that. Mr. Danch stated that if it would work out they would be an irrigation system in. If Mr. Bill Favors decides that needs to be done as part of the construction portion then they will be doing that. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked how that will be determined. Mr. Danch stated that Mr. Favors will make that decision based on the budget that they have got. He advised the Council that there is a back-up procedure and that the City has those policing powers, so that if any of the landscaping does die, the City can come out an issue a fine. Councilmember Varner questioned whether the entire open are for storage would be filled with equipment and materials or debris. Mr. Danch stated that there would be no debris on the site. The information that was given to the Board of Zoning Appeals is that they would have equipment from Ziolkowski Construction and construction equipment in the storage area and also materials that would be brick and that type of building materials and there would be no debris that would be put on this particular site. He also stated that any of the equipment that is larger in nature would be put at the south end of the site and that is away from where they are doing the berming with the evergreen screening from Mr. Rhoa’s property is approximately 600’ away. The equipment is not going to be at the site all the time, it is there at an infrequent occasion, because obviously Ziolkowski Construction would like to have the equipment on a construction site somewhere where it is making money, if it is being stored on the site they it is obviously not making money. Councilmember Rouse asked Mr. Danch to address the multiple times increase in storage. Mr. Danch stated that due to the restrictions of the light industrial site limits the size of the outdoor storage by how many square feet are in the building. He stated that is limited to 20% of the size of the building. He stated that because the building that they have is only 50,000 square foot building that is setting on the property they are limited to 10,812 square feet of outside storage. The difference between the light industrial and general industrial is that you can half of your outside storage in general industrial. He stated that before the new zoning laws went into effect there was no limit on outside storage, so if this would have been done under the old guidelines then Ziolkowski could have gone right to this particular site and they would not have had to do any type of screening whatsoever and they could have just placed the equipment on the property. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked when the zoning changed. Mr. Danch stated that he believes in 2005 or 2002 right in that area. He stated that there have been a couple of changes and amendments to the ordinances over the past few years. It changed originally from the old standards that were “E” Heavy Industrial “E” Height and Area which was in 2004. Councilmember Rouse asked Mr. Danch if he felt the changes were out of order. Mr. Danch asked for how the new ordinances went into effect? He stated no, not that they were out of order, but he stated what happens on zoning is that someone goes ahead 15