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The following addresses specific questions required of the Conditional Use Permit narrative: 1. What is being proposed? The project will include a new construction, 60-unit apartment building with 120 surface parking stalls. 2. How is the request consistent with the City of Elk River Comprehensive Plan? The proposed project will require an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. As described above, the project is located in a commercially zoned area, but the area has failed to garner any viable commercial proposals after many years of marketing and development proposals by its owner/broker, Hempel Properties. We believe multi-family housing is the highest and best use of the property. 3. Hours of operation. As the proposed project is residential, the property will be in continuous use. The rental office will establish regular business hours at a later date. Typical business hours are weekdays and some evenings and weekends. 4. Number of employees. The proposed project will have a site manager, site maintenance technician and site caretaker. 5. Number of parking stalls, existing and additional. The proposed project will have 120 (2/unit) new surface parking stalls (there are no existing parking stalls). This deviates from the required parking of 150 spaces (2.5/unit) and none of the stalls are proposed to be enclosed. CommonBond has developed similar sites and found that this quantity and type of parking works well for our residents. A small portion of the parking (17 square feet) will be within the 25’ foot buffer for the stormwater pond. The pond has a retaining wall at this location, so there will not be a direct hydraulic connection between the parking and the pond, and we propose planting a dense groundcover between the parking lot and the stormwater pond. 6. Is there proposed screening of the site. There will be a trees along the east side of the building to provide screening from Holt Street. There is existing vegetative screening on the west side of the side along Irving Street. There is existing vegetative screening and a berm along the south edge of the site between the proposed building and residential area. 7. Proposed building materials. The proposed building materials comply with the design standards. The building will have a continuous and consistent elevation, that uses a variation of materials, colors, and textures in combination to provide visually interesting appearance. The building materials will also be consistent with other buildings in the area. 8. Signage. There will be one monument sign that will be 5’- 2” long x 1’- 0” deep x 6’- 2” tall. It will be located at the entrance to the parking lot. The sign will be an illuminated and painted aluminum cabinet that sits atop masonry to match the building. 9. Is there outdoor storage? The proposed project will not include any outdoor storage.