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Ordinance,Section30933936.Inadditiontotheplannedbufferofadditionaltreesandfencing,the <br />existingmaturetreeswillnotbedisturbednorthoftheVernonCemeterySitewhichwillprovidean <br />additionallevelofnoiseandvisualbufferfromtheproposeddevelopment. <br />Finally,accordingtoSection301292oftheElkRiverCodeofOrdinances,the{L1districtshallserveas <br />atransitionbetweenmoreindustrialusesandresidentialandotherbusinessuses.Thisdistrictis <br />appropriateformanufacturing,warehousing,andsimilarindustrialÒ­;­vw;­;areasareintendedto <br />encouragethedevelopmentofindustrialuseswhichareclean,quiet,andfreeofhazardousor <br />objectionableelementssuchasnoise,odor,dust,smoke,glare,orother¦šŒŒÒ·“·­u|TheGREparcel <br />standsasabufferbetweentheindustrialfacilitiestothesouth,thebusinessparktotheeastandthe <br />residentialusestothewest.Dw9x­developmentwillprovideforamoreattractiveandefficientuseof <br />thecurrentlyvacantparcelwhileminimizingtheaestheticeffectstoresidentsandbusinesses.The <br />intendedstorageusebyGREisalsocompatiblewiththecleanandquietindustrialusesintendedby <br />theZoningOrdinance. <br />WhatarethebenefitstotheCity? <br />TheCitywillbenefitbyallowingtheWastewaterTreatmentFacilitytoexpandsothatthefacilitycan <br />meetthenecessarystateguidelineswhilealsoallowingforamoreefficientuseoftheGREproperty. <br />TheCityalsobenefitsbyreachingoneoftheirgoalswhichistohavetheirlandusedistrictbemore <br />compatiblewiththeirzoningdistrictsbyrezoningtheexpansionparcelfromresidentialtoindustrialto <br />matchthelanduseplan. <br />AdditionalQuestionsfortheCUP <br />HoursofOperation:Thesiteoperatesfrom7:00a.m.to3:30p.m. <br />Numberofemployees:10employees <br />Numberofparkingstalls:Noparkingstallsareproposed <br />Screeningofthesite: <br />Themajorityoftheexistingtreesalongtheeastern,westernandnorthernportionsofthesitewillbe <br />preserved.Thereissinglefamilyresidentialpropertiesadjacenttothenorthwesternpropertyline.A <br />denseplantingofconiferous,overstoryandornamentaltreeswillbeplantedalongthisedgetoprovide <br />avisualbufferbetweenthestorageareaandtheresidences.Thislandscapescreenwillconsistof <br />approximately64treesmixedwithintheexistingtreesinanarea,approximately <br /> xwidex  xlong, <br />runningnorth/southalongthewesternpropertyline.Thetypicalscreeningsectionwillstaggerthree <br />rowsofplantingswithinthe <br /> xwidthtoprovideadenselandscapebuffer.Amajorityofthe <br />additionalplantingwithinthebufferwillbeconiferoustreestoprovideyearroundscreening. <br />Proposedbuildingmaterials&standards:Nobuildingsareproposedforthissite. <br />Page4|5 <br />GreatRiverEnergy‘OutdoorStorageNarrative <br /> <br />