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Site and Building Plans The building is centrally located on the site and has four driveways servicing the parking areas and building. Two of the driveways access the driveway to Twin Lakes Elementary School, one with access to the fire apparatus bays and one accessing the main parking area. There is one exit to Cleveland Street which will be the main exit for emergency vehicles. The plans also include additional signage informing motorists when an emergency vehicle will be exiting. The two driveways servicing the emergency vehicles, fire trucks, exceed the ordinance with limit of 30- feet and the city has applied for a variance to allow their construction. There is also a fourth driveway with access to 1915` Ave NW and connecting to the primary parking area in front of the building. The building itself is one story and approximately 17,500 SF in size. It will include concrete walls with brick exterior finishes. Major spaces include the two apparatus bays, support spaces, training and classroom spaces, and areas that could be rented out for public use. Building signage includes a wall mounted backlit sign identifying the building as Elk River Fire Station No. 3. The future well and pumphouse are located west of the fire station and will include be constructed with similar materials to blend into the site. The watermain serving the future well and pumphouse will be constructed with the fire station with the actual building to be built at a later date. The site includes significant landscaping around the perimeter of the site, along the building, and within a courtyard space near the entrance to the building. Applicable Regulations In approving a Conditional Use Permit, the Commission and Council may impose such specific conditions with regard to the development or operation of the proposed use as it considers necessary to satisfy the seven standards set forth in Section 30-654 and the requirements contained in this article and to promote compatibility with and minimize any potentially adverse effects upon adjacent properties, the neighborhood or the city. The issuance of a Conditional Use Permit can be ordered only if the use at the proposed location: 1. mill 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 n elfare of the neighborhood or the city. The presence of a fire station has the potential to impact neighboring properties with sirens and flashing lights. The operation plans will include procedures to minimize these impacts to nearby residential properties and reduce impacts from the use. Construction of the facility will reduce response times, improving safety of the surrounding neighborhoods, and reduce long-term losses resulting from fires on the east side of Elk River. The proposed project will not detrimentally affect the use and enjoyment of other properties in the immediate vicinity. Staff does not see a need to impose specific conditions to satisfy this standard. 2. mill be consistent Yr th the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan guides the site for Public/Institutional Uses and the proposed project does not change the use of the site. The project is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and staff does not see a need to impose specific conditions to satisfy this standard.