LEGAL & FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
Legal and Finance Committee recommended that the Ordinance Amendment regarding the storage and parking of trucks, trailers and commercial vehicles be denied without prejudice and that the issue be directed back to the Planning Commission for consideration of the use of a Conditional Use Permit process.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission recommended that the Ordinance Amendment regarding the storage and parking of trucks, trailers and commercial vehicles be approved with the exception of the provisions restricting signage. Additionally, Planning Commission recommended that Section 10.40.200(B)(5) be amended as follows: Parking of Vehicles. Any vehicle which does not meet the above provisions, and is used for the storage or transport of merchandise, equipment, or business supplies shall be located on a commercial or industrial lot which contains an existing principal structure. Such a vehicle shall be screened by a six-foot opaque fence or plant materials from any abutting residential lots and public ways or housed in an enclosed building.

Vote: (6 to 0 with Brown, Fast Wolf, Prairie Chicken, Schmidt, Stone and Wevik voting yes and none voting no)