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r - ~ - - _ Public Hearing Special Use Permit., SP-61 .:. July 2.2 , .I97 5 8:06 :PM` - Request: Approval of Special Use Perttiit to- allow Operation of Sales -and Leasing .Off ice, ~~~`atge at~d Parking Area .for Semi-~ trailers Applicant: Dahike Trailer Sales, Inc. ,~ Location: SE Quadrant of 5th Ave. NW and 5th St. NW Discussion: The property in question is zoned I~1; Light Industrial. The. property to the south and east is also .I-1. Across-5th Ave. to \~ the west. the property is I-2°,-Heavy Industrial. To the northth~ area is zoned R-1 and R-2. The applicant is requesting a special use permit to use the property in. question for the conduct of his businessbecause his b~zsiness is '''hot among the listed uses of property for an I-1 district. Uses which are not specifically listed can only be permitted by means of a special use permit. .The proposed use is similar to others in a light industrial district which involves the presence and traffic of many Large trucks and trailers. In .this regard, similar .uses permitted in the I-i district are truck yard, truck terminal, warehouse, packing and crating establishments. The traffic generated 'by the use should not be a problem because this site is located on.twa major streets which are .already established truck routes. The use., therefore, seems to be one which is generally compatible .with , _ I-1 .zoning. In this particular location, while the_.use may be, generally compatible with the zoning,-the character of the site development is of great importance. It is necessary to provide-adequate buffering, primarily visual, between this use and the residentia l area to the north in order to prevent any detrimental affect on this older, but still sound neighborhood. The second aspect of~the site that .makes the character of its development important is its location on one of the major entrance routes-into the "downtown"'.area. Our efforts to improve this area