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12 Planning Commission Minutes January 24 , 1984 Page -3- G. Ervine briefly highlighted the conditions as required by the Planning Department . B. Hummel questioned the wording "off site" in Condition #12 . B. Hummel felt that the condition should be deleted as it would be impossible to obscure the site totally . G. Ervine responded that a condition would have to be made so that the salvage operation didn ' t stack materials to a height that could be seen by surrounding areas . He suggested that Condition #12 read , "that the salvage stored on-site should be limited to a height of 10 feet from Ross Avenue to a point 100 feet south of Ross Avenue with a maximum height of stor2d salvage materials being 16 feet on the remainder of the site" . G. Ervine commented that Condition #13 should read " . . . limit to .3 acres in size" not 30 as stated in the staff report. To address Seafirst Mortgage ' s letter , G. Ervine added Condition #19 to .read , "until such time Ross Avenue is brought up to full City standards there are to be no trucks parked on Ross Avenue related to this operation" . D. Derickson stated that since the City had recently annexed the Smith Island area into the City , the County Shoreline Plan is currently being used by the City for projects in this area but in 1984 the City intends to develop an amendment to the City plan that specifically looks at this area and future uses . Doug Bowers , Representative of Sea-land Assoc. (Dinosour Salvage) , 228 N.W. 56th, Seattle testified that they are a reputable business , a good industry and will be a benefit to the City as an employer . He wanted the Commission to understand that their business is not a salvage company that will only be utilizing the three acres of land but a business that will be utilizing the waterway to renovate , convert, repair , & construct ships . Their business is unique and will be performing a variety of functions , of which many depend on the waterway. He mentioned that he hoped to keep the salvage operation of automobiles to a minumum. He commented that Sea-land Assoc . and Dinosaur Salvage were two separate corporations but had the same owners , a family owned business . Bill Bowers , Representative of Sea-land Assoc . (Dinosour Salvage) , 6056 - 7th N.W. , Seattle commented to be in agreement with his son ' s (Doug) comments and also added that moorage was a very important factor in this project. He feels that due to the location of the site it is very difficult to view the operation and that Ross Avenue has very little traffic. He feels that there isn ' t another operation in the scrap business that has a fence any different than the one Sea-land presently has . It is their intention to keep the stacks of scrap as low as possible and to barge most of it out . Mr . Bowers stated the reason for the five piers is to entice fishing vessels and to give them moorage .