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As a construction rental business, the applicant proposes extensive outdoor storage to include: 7,569 square feet each for storage of temporary power poles, portable fencing, and portable restrooms (all to be stored along the northern property line), and an area approximately 27 feet by 155 feet (4,185 square feet) for storage of up to 60 stacked containers (maximum stacking of two containers - 16 feet high maximum). Hours of operation for the business are weekdays, 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with a swing shift loading/unloading vehicles for the next day's work from 2:00 PM to 10:30 PM. Occasional work would occur on the weekends in order to meet special needs of clients. ST AFF ANALYSIS Land Use - Planned Development Under the Planned Development (PD) approved as part of Bayside Business Park, the proposed use requires a modification to the PD to include outdoor storage as a conditionally permitted use. When originally approved, the Bayside Business Park was envisioned to be an 'eco-industrial park', whereby some or all future tenants (with the exception of FedEx Ground) could be involved in 'value-added' manufacturing (use of recycled materials/resources, ideally from the adjacent Davis Street Transfer Station andlor the City's Water Pollution Control Plant). Although the underlying Industrial General (IG) zoning remained with approval of the PD, the permitted and conditionally permitted uses normally found for this zoning district were modified with the intent that the subdivision would operate more with Industrial Park (IP)-like uses. In addition, due to the existing issues related to traffic and circulation in the area west of 1-880, the PD was further restricted with regard to 'Office' uses, which are higher trip generators than most industriaVprocessing uses. "Building Materials and Services' uses, which this business would be classified as, are outright permitted uses under the PD, with the stipulation that the proposed use is primarily a wholesaling operation and is located within an enclosed structure. The extensive outdoor storage is what triggers the application for modification to the PD, and for approval of this particular application. Although the FedEx Ground building was constructed and occupied immediately upon approval of the project, the subdivision's developer had a hard time in leasing or selling the three speculative buildings that were subsequently built. With the last of those buildings sold in 2006, the remaining four interior lots have only garnered intermittent interest and from uses that are not permitted under the PD (such as a trucking terminal and a wrecking yard). Staff notes that the property developer has made an effort over the past 4+ years to attract businesses that were in keeping with the original vision for the industrial park. Staff believes that with inclusion of 'outdoor storage' (associated with a permitted or conditionally permitted use) as a conditionally permitted use in this PD, adequate discretionary control and review will remain such that the overall aesthetics and compatibility of the industrial park will not be adversely affected. Planning Connnission StafTReport PLN2006-00101 Page 3 of7 February 22, 2007