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REGULAR MEETING February 25, 2019 plan that shows the area is three-hundred(300)feet away from residential.Anything past that point is where we are actually doing the storage. Under the requirements for the Zoning Ordinance, anything close to residential at that point would have to screen the height of the storage material and it could not be higher than the screening fence which in that case would be ten (10) feet. Anything behind that line goes to the height of the zoning requirement which is one hundred fifty (150)feet,fifteen(15)stories. We are holding it to thirty(30)feet which is what we said we would do as part of a written commitment. There was a question from a Councilmember about whether you could see that thirty (30) foot height of that material. If you were traveling down Sample Street, I gave Councilmember Broden a crude sketch. I took a look at the height of the building, the location of the closest aggregate pile that would be there, and you would not be able to see it driving down Sample Street, the height of that material. There was a question from one (1) of the owners about where the access point would be. It is in the northwest corner of the site and we are not changing that. There would be only one (1) access point, we would have solid screens along the western and eastern portions of the site. The existing wooded areas that are part of the site would remain, which would also provide some additional screen for this. Councilmember Jake Teshka asked, You said that the thirty(30) foot was submitted in writing? I don't have that. Mr. Danch replied, Yes. We said we would do that as a written commitment for the Council, even though we're not required to do that by zoning. Councilmember Jake Teshka stated,To me,it seems like an inherently County operation. Not only are we talking about the thirty (30) foot high piles, but the dump trucks in and out and front-end loaders. Is there a reason why they want to be at that location? Mr. Danch replied,Yes. One(1)of the reasons is that it is already zoned properly with the GI, and this particular location on Sample Street is already an industrial area, and it allows them access to Laporte County. The one (1) they have on McKinley is a completely different zoning category. Their materials, the piles would be located closer to the property line. The piles can be up to fifty (50)feet tall at that location,that's County zoning. They just wanted somewhere closer. They have jobs here in the City of South Bend where they deliver materials to, and also in Laporte County. So, it makes sense from a traveling standpoint to have a second (2'1) location. When you were asking whether other areas in the City of South Bend have this, Kuert Concrete does exactly the same thing. Since they have been there for so long, they don't have to go through this process unless they decide to expand. They are up against residential, we're actually against only industrial. Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston stated, I think you might have answered it but someone brought us pictures earlier which you had a chance to see, and it looks horrible. I thought, Oh my God, I don't want that anywhere near where I live, and you're saying that fifty (50) feet is their limit, and you said that is different? Mr. Danch replied, It is. That particular site went through a rezoning process. They were allowed different operational standards there, so the piles that you see were allowed to be there. That was a completely different operation. That is a thirty (30) to forty (40) acre site that you are seeing there, as compared to one (1) that is only about nine (9) acres. And the site over there is actually on sand, they weren't required to put pavement in. Whereas, this particular one (1) we have a smaller site, and any materials that are there are going to be on pavement. Drainage will be to City standards, there wouldn't be any runoff from this site on to any adjacent property. There would be no contamination and there are no liquids that go with this. The question about the aggregate material, there would be dust, but they would water down those aggregate materials to keep the dust down. Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston asked, You said they would water it down on a regular basis? Mr. Danch replied, They do for processing, yes. And the processing we talked about here is only for a period of five(5) weeks out of an entire year. Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston asked, Did they check any properties closer to Laporte, like out that way towards the County? 45