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The applicant has also indicated that there will be wetland impacts on the site. Wetland delineation was completed; however, a wetland mitigation plan h~ not been provided to the City as required in the Ordinance. As with other applications, if wetland impacts are proposed, a wetland mitigation plan needs to be completed and approved by the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) prior to being recommended for approval by the Planning Commission. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS City Code Section 30-1835(e) provides that applications for Conditional Use Permits for mineral excavation activities shall be approved only upon a fording that the standards for issuance of a conditional use permit under Section 30-654 of tie City Code have been met and that the procedures and standards set for in the City's mineral excavationlordinance (Chapter 42, Article II of the City Code) have been fully complied with. Section 30-654 of the City Code provides that the issuance of a conditional use permit can be ordered only if the use at the proposed location: 1. Will not endanger, injure or detrimentally affect the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinity or the public health,! safety, morals, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the neighborhood or the city. 2. Will be consistent with the comprehensive plan. 3. Will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of surrounding vacant property. 4. Will be served adequately by and will not adversely affect essential public facilities and services including streets, police and fire protection, drainage, refuse disposal, water and sewer systems, parks and schools; and will not, in particular, create traffic congestion or interference with traffic on adjacent and neighboring public thoroughfares. S. Will not involve uses, activities, processes, materials, equipment and conditions of operation that will be detrimental to any persons or property because of excessive tra~c, noise, smoke, fumes, glare, odors, dust or vibrations. 6. Will not result in the destruction, loss or damage of a natural, scenic or historic feature of major importance. 7. Will fully comply with all other requirements of this Code, including any applicable requirements and standards for the issuance of a license or permit to establish and operate the proposed use in the city. If the Planning Commission shall recommend denial of such a permit, it shall accompany its recommendation with findings or a report stating how the proposed use does not comply with the standards set forth in Section 30-654. Chapter 42, Article II of the City Code provides, in Section 42-52 (11), that applications for an extraction license and conditional use permit must include, among other things, evidence of approval by MnDOT for access to and use of state highways. Section 42-53(c) of the City Code requires that mineral excavation proposals which will impact wetlands complete the wetland impact process set forth in Section 30-1851(d) of the City Code.