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. . Minutes - Plan Commission Page 5 October 28, 1987 3. Signs, landscaping, loading area and refuse storage shall be installed and maintained in accordance with drawings reviewed an~ approved by the Director of Planning. 4. No changes in the property including new construction shall result in an increase in storm water drainage onto adjacent properties. 5. A landscaping line of demarcation between the building and Greensfelder Park shall be installed and maintained in accordance with a plan reviewed and approved by the Director of Planning. Ms. Schuman seconded the motion, which, after further discussion, was approved by a vote of 7-0. REQUEST TO AMEND TEXT OF ZONING CODE SECTION 34-40.3-CONDITIONAL USES IN "PA"- PUBLIC ACTIVITY DISTRICT Mr. Goldman explained that in anticipation of the potential zoning requirements of USArt in occupying the former Greensfelder School building, Planning staff proposed that regulations for the "PAn_public Activity District include the Conditional Use of Research and Development Establishments (R & D). He stated that R & D would provide a desirable reuse of some public buildings such as churches or schools. He stated that R & D as a Conditional Use was already included in the "PR-O"-Planned Residential-Office District regulations. In response to Commission members' questions about this proposal, he reviewed the BOCA Fire Prevention Code which contained various limitations on hazardous uses. Also, the University City Building Code restricted many high-hazard uses without special construction and safety considerations. Commission members agreed that R & D as a Conditional Use in the "PAn_public Activity District may provide a desirable reuse of buildings as long as none of the proposed uses were included in the High-Hazard Use Group of the University City Building Code. After further discussion, Ms. Kreishman moved that the Plan Commission recommend the adoption of the following text amendment thereby amending Section 34-40.3 of the University City Zoning Code by adding the following new subsection: e. Research and development establishments engaged in the develop- ment of electronic equipment, precision instruments or miniaturized prototypes, so long as the occupancy of such an establishment at anyone time does not exceed one employee per 170 square feet of gross office, laboratory, processing or assembly floor area and the use is not classified by the University City Building Code as being in the High-Hazard Use Group. Mr. Washington seconded the motion which passed by a vote of 7-0. Mr. Rice asked if the R & D use enumerated in the "PR-O"-Planned Residential Office District regulations consisted of parallel language. Mr. Goldman replied that it did not.