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Panning Commission/CU 04-34 November 23,2004 Page 2 • Site Plan Overview The proposed facility will provide a riding stable arena which will be utilized for therapeutic horse riding for children with disabilities. Analysis The subject property is two parcels of land with a total acreage of 25.07-acres, 2.8 of which is located in Big Lake Township. Both parcels of land will need to be combined into one lot. According to the memo submitted by Joyce Mickelson, there are 3.17-acres of wetlands, the house and mound system comprise 4.3-acres and the proposed center and corrals will be 2.6-acres. Also, 15-acres of the site are proposed to be utilized for crop rotation. Subtracting these uses from the 25-acres, there is no land for other uses on the property such as yard space or pasture land for horses. The ordinance currently requires 1-acre of fenced pasture land per horse. The number of children to be using the facility initially will be around 8-10 per week with an expectation that it will grow to approximately 25-30 children per week. The applicant currently has 10 horses and expects to have 20-25 horses in the future. The number of employees initially will be the applicants. When the operation is up and running fully, there will be one additional full-time and part-time employee. There will also be up to six volunteers supporting various aspects of the program. • There will be a maximum of two therapeutic sessions occurring at any given time. There will be one child per session and each session runs 45 minutes to an hour. The maximum number of sessions per day will be eight. With employees/volunteers, parents, and children there could be up to 12-15 people on site at any given riding session time which is estimated to be 4-5 vehicles. There will be no riding sessions starting after 7:00 pm and the facility will close no later than 8:30 pm. It is anticipated that the facility will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. All the riding activities will occur within the indoor arena. There will be no therapeutic riding occurring outside of the indoor riding arena. Approximately 15-acres of the site are proposed to be utilized for a rotating crop of hay/alfalfa mix and corn. A portion of the manure is proposed to be spread on the 15-acres of crop land. Given the current requirements of the ordinance,pasture land needs to be provided for horses. To be able to provide even a half acre of land per horse, at the maximum proposed, there will need to be 12-acres of land that is fenced pasture,roughly the amount proposed to be cropland. S:APLANNINGVCase.Files\2004VCU 04-34 ReinersACU 04-34_PC.doc