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Planning commission and staff recommend approval for Brenco exterior storage with screening and fire-department review
Summary
The planning director described a conditional-use request from Brenco seeking exterior storage and two variances for fencing and landscaping in an I-2 industrial zone. Planning recommended approval with conditions including no vertical stacking and a fire-department site visit that found no issues.
City planning staff told council a long-standing contractor at a property off Bilstein Boulevard has requested approval to formalize exterior storage at the site and sought two variances to the Hamilton Zoning Ordinance.
Lauren Nelson, Director of Planning, said Brenco has operated at the location for about 40 years and asked for a conditional-use approval for exterior storage as an accessory use to its contractor business. The two variances involved an opaque fencing requirement and a landscape requirement at the rear and southeast portions of the property; that portion borders railroad right-of-way and is not highly visible from the public right-of-way.
Nelson described planning commission conditions of approval: exterior storage and parked vehicles must be kept orderly and on paved surfaces; there must be no vertical stacking of storage units or containers; pallet stacks were limited to not exceed the height of the primary building; and planning commission asked that the Hamilton Fire Department conduct an on-site inspection to confirm ingress and egress and public-safety access.
The fire-department visit occurred before council and "did not have any issues" with how the site is organized, Nelson reported. Tony Nasser of ABG, speaking for the property owner, said cleanup, painting and landscaping work had already begun before the application and that the owner intends to comply with the conditions and use the approved plan as an example of screened exterior storage.
No formal council action on this item was recorded at the meeting; staff characterized the matter as having moved through planning commission with recommended conditions and fire-department concurrence.
