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be permitted under the setbacks that were granted subject to the rezoning decision. The existing site is only zero point seven(0.7) acres and it is proposed to be a gravel storage lot that would be screened by an eight (8) foot opaque fence and landscaping along Parry Street. This comes to you from the Area Plan Commission(APC) with no recommendation on the rezoning and a favorable recommendation on the Special Exception use. This is a two (2)part ordinance that includes the rezoning to the LI, Light Industrial, and a special exception use for outdoor storage in excess of twenty percent(20%) of the total gross floor area of buildings on the lot. Since there are no buildings on the lot,that threshold is exceeded pretty quickly. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic asked, Is there a way that a special exception can be granted without a rezoning? Ms. Smith replied,Not in this because it was handled as part of a combined Public Hearing process. In this case if it wasn't rezoned from SF-1, the outdoor storage of the equipment would not be an allowed use in a SF-1 District. There is nothing in the SF-1 District that would allow for the commercial use of the property for outdoor storage like this. Anything that happens on the site would have to be accessory to the primary use. Councilmember Dr. David Varner asked, Is there a long-term plan for this? I think the expectations have been this will not remain storage in the long term? Mike Danch, Danch, Hamer& Associates,1643 Commerce Drive, stated, I am representing the petitioner, Robert Henry Corporation. We are asking to rezone from the SF-2 district to the LI district for approximately only 3,000 square feet of area. We are trying to take the lot that had a house on it and make it a better area. The owner had received support from the Department of Community Investment at the time of purchase. We wanted to be sure we did exactly what we need to do to be able to move forward with the gravel area. We are committing to an eight(8) foot high wood screening fence. The setback coming back from the sidewalk right-of-way line on Parry Street is about ten(10) feet. It will be a landscaping area. Not only would we have the wood screening fence but we would have the landscaping. We are also asking Council for that special exception for the gravel area. The Robert Henry Corporation has spoken to the neighboring residents as well as the Howard Park Neighborhood Association. There have been some neighbors worried about how this might affect their neighborhood plan. This rezoning is only temporary as is the gravel. This temporary status gives the ability in the future to move forward with the neighborhood plan. Steve Henry, Robert Henry Corporation, 404 S. Frances Street,provided a handout (available in the City Clerk's Office) depicting Frances Street in the past. He stated, The City closed off this area. What I am trying to do, in the near future, is to vacate the portion of Western Avenue that is no longer used. We want to vacate the property up to Parry Street and put a fence across it. There are other nearby properties zoned LI, Light Industrial. He then referenced the presentation and briefly gave context to the zonings of nearby properties. He continued, I know our business won't be there forever. However, I don't want to have to pay to move. Councilmember Tim Scott asked, The two (2) residential houses south of the property, are they occupied right now? 2