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Memo to Planning Commission/CU 99-13 <br /> April 13, 1999 <br /> Page 2 <br /> • daycare facility. Daycare is prohibited in the I1 zoning district, but a <br /> conditional use in the C4 zoning district. <br /> R &D Sales Inc. is an embroidery shop with in-house art department and <br /> customer service staff and retail sales. The applicant feels that embroidery <br /> business is closely aligned to that of a print shop (considered a retail use), <br /> however with less waste (See the applicant's attached letter). <br /> Proposed Daycare Facility <br /> First Step Preschool is proposing to consolidate its preschools into one <br /> location. The school will provide daycare for children between 33 months and <br /> Kindergarten, and presently serve 188 children. The hours of operation are <br /> Monday - Friday, between 9-3 PM. <br /> Existing Conditions <br /> The existing 2,304 SF building was constructed in 1994 on a roughly 1.5 acre <br /> parcel. At present, the parking lot contains 8 parking stalls, one of them <br /> handicap accessible, and has one access point onto Vernon Street. The <br /> parking lot is a dead-end and has a small back-up area. The landscaping <br /> • installed for the existing building differs from the approved site/landscape <br /> plan and does not to conform to the landscape ordinance. The site has more <br /> trees than required, however, the trees are smaller than required. <br /> Furthermore, many of the existing trees are in the UPA easement and will <br /> grow larger than 20 feet and need to be removed. <br /> UPA Easement <br /> A UPA easement crosses the northern quarter of the property. No structures <br /> are allowed in this area and none are proposed. Landscaping is limited to <br /> ornamental trees and shrubs of less than 20 feet tall at maturity (See <br /> attached letter from UPA). <br /> Landscaping <br /> The Elk River City Ordinance requires (13) 2" BB deciduous overstory trees, <br /> (7) 6' BB conifer trees and (7) 1 1/2"BB ornamental trees. Because of the UPA <br /> easement, locating all the required conifers proves difficult. The applicant <br /> proposes to move the conifers and deciduous overstory trees out of the UPA <br /> easement and donate them to the adjacent school, and replace them with <br /> crab apples. <br /> • <br /> \\elkriver\sys\shrdoc\planning\stevewen\pcmmo\cu9913pc.doc <br />