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I Opponents have argued that Permawood is a major lumber or wood processing plant similar to a :-sawmill, 2 plywood plant or papermil.l as designated in 5A00(32). In reviewing the operating characteristics 3 of Permawood, it does not appear to the City Council that Pewrma.wood is in fact a major lumber or wood Q processing plant, They are a manufacturing operation, using paint, stone, wood, and chemicals as designated 5 by Section 5.100(35). opponents argue that Permawood should be designated heavy industrial because of the 6 summary description of the term heavy industrial as contained in Section 5.010 of the Coder, Opponents 7 argue that there will be large amounts of traffic to they site. As indicated in the opponents' own 8 testimony, there may be as many as seven trucks a day and fifteen cars a dray to the site. In reviewing its 9 own ordinance, the City Council interprets its own ordinance to indicate that the term ':Large amounts of to traffic' indicates a volume of traffic that greatly exceeds 22 vehicles per day. Opponents argue that If there is also extensive shipping of goods, Every industrial plant which manufactures or produces a 12 product: for sal.c must transfer or ship its product. Two truckloads a day have been identified for the 13 shipping of the product. Two truckloads a day does not., in the City Council's view, constitute extensive Ip shipping of goods. Opponents argue that the Pe rmawood site would have outside storage of finished goods. 15 The City Council agrees, that the evidence is clear that Permawood will use outside storage of finished 16 goods. The final issue is whether the Permawood plant contains a 'controlled but higher level of noise I7 and/or air pollution.' The City Council has determined, as indicated in othe=r portions of the Itf findings of tact that the noise levels at the Permawood site would meet DEQ r.egulationse `.Chap City 19 Council does not conclude t.ha.t there is a higher level of noise or air pollution from they A& typical of 20 heavy industries. 21 "in summary, the opponents have identified one of four parts of the summary description of a heaver industrial 22 use as typifying this use and have failed to demonstrate that the proposed use does not meet the 23 summary description of light industry or the category #35 found by the Dearing, Board. and Planning 24 Commission to apply to this use, and therefore the City Council concludes that by definition, Permawood 25 is not a heavy industrial operation" Record at 69. 26 Although this Board will uphold a locality's plan and loge 16