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Memo to the Planning Commission/CU 00-21 June 27,2000 Page 4 • Screening A berm is proposed along Cleveland Street with landscaping to provide screening. The berm should be constructed with a maximum 25% slope for ease of maintenance. The berm should be constructed entirely on the applicant's property in order to maintain the existing ditch along Cleveland Street. Trees are proposed along the south and east property lines to provide screening from the future residential area. The applicant proposes to plant (50) 4-5 foot conifers (roughly 1 every 10 feet) and (10-20) 8-foot deciduous overstory trees (roughly 1 every 25 feet). There is no irrigation proposed. Presently there is little traffic on Cleveland Street and the property to the west is mostly undeveloped. A vegetative screen is appropriate because the trees will have matured by the time the surrounding properties develop. The quantity and size and spacing of the trees proposed should provide adequate screening. City Ordinance requires that landscaped areas be irrigated. III Recommendation Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of a conditional use permit to allow outdoor storage with an excavation business with the following conditions: 1. THAT AN ENGINEERED RETAINING WALL BE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER PARKING AREAS WITH A MAXIMUM SLOPE OF 25%ABOVE THE WALL AND THAT A BUILDING PERMIT BE OBTAINED FOR WALLS OVER 4 FEET IN HEIGHT. 2. THAT THE WESTERLY DRIVEWAY BE A MINIMUM OF 24 FEET IN WIDTH. 3. THAT THE PARKING AND YARD AREAS BE SETBACK 10 FEET FROM THE CLEVELAND RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE WEST PROPERTY LINE. 4. THAT CURB-STOPS BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE SLOPE AND THE UPPER PARKING AREA. 5. THAT A BERM BE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN CLEVELAND STREET AND THE PARKING AND YARD AREA WITH A SLOPE NO GREATER THAN 25% FOR EASE OF MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY ON THE IDSUBJECT PROPERTY. \\elkriver\sys\shrdoc\planning\stevewen\pcmmo\cu00-21.doc