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VN-240 December 6, 19.84 Page 3' Due to the urgent security problem expressed by the applicant we allowed construction of-the fence to be'completed on the condition a letter was drafted stating a variance would be applied for, and if the variance was not granted the fence would be moved. (see .attached letter). Since the fence is already up and in place I urge the Council to visit the site. As seen on the attached survey th.e.shape of the lot and location of the building are somewhat unusual. The west property line along Old Highway #8 is an "L" shape around an exi-sting tavern. The tavern is indicated by the shaded area on the survey.. The building is set- back 156 feet from the western most property line (116 feet from the Old Highway #8 right-of-way). The front yard of the building contains a large berm which obscures the view of much of the property from Old Highway 8. The fence will extend 14.5 feet beyond. the front of the building.. The construction of the fence is chain link with a barbed wire top. The purpose of the fence is for security. The applicant's business is vehicle repair, primarily trucks. Many of the vehicles must be parked outside while they-are waiting for repairs or ready to be picked up. The applicant has had problems with vehicle owners driving.. the repaired vehicles away during nighttime hours, thus not paying for repairs. There have also been problems with truckers and other patrons of "The Station" tavern driving through and parking on the Roseville Diesel property behind the tavern, as well as beer cans and people driving from the paved-yard on the south side of the building, around the southwest corner of-the building, across the front yard of Roseville Diesel to the driveway. The driveway entrance to the site is north of the existing building. There is a several foot grade change along the north property line (the property to the north is higher). There is not enough room to install a roll back gate between the north property line and the north side of the building. Although swinging gates would fit in this area the applicant has indicated that swinging gates would make it more difficult to snowplow the drive and bl-ock existing building entrances when the gates were open. I have contacted Al Bauer, Fire Chief for his concerns. for the fence and he has in turn discussed the situation with the applicant. A fence around the entire building may create more property loss beca-use of the time it will take to cut the chain 1-ock on the fence. .The .applicant is aware of this. Al Bauer, would like the Council to be aware that this type of fencing can cause problems and should be discouraged as much. as possible..