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<br />Case File: CU 06-23 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />In the future, the library may have extended hours of operation. <br /> <br />Parking and Circulation <br /> <br />The site will be accessed off of Orono Parkway directly across form the existing access into the City <br />Hall/Public Safety campus. A pedestrian crossing is also being proposed in the same location. Staff <br />will be looking into the possibility of making the intersection a four-way stop. The circulation <br />within the site consists of a parking area broken up by a rain garden/landscaping, a pedestrian drop- <br />off loop and also a drive-up book drop. <br /> <br />The majority of the public parking is situated on the west side of the property to help keep it away <br />from the neighboring residential properties. Staff parking will be located on the south side of the <br />proposed building. The parking does meet the minimum ordinance requirements. Again parking <br />was kept to the minimum amount required for LEED's. The library can also utilize the parking at <br />City Hall if needed and a pedestrian crossing is being proposed. <br /> <br />There is adequate space on site for future parking for an addition and coffee shop/cafe. <br /> <br />Landscaping <br /> <br />The eastern and southern edges of the property are heavily planted with existing evergreen trees <br />which will provide screening from the adjacent residential properties. <br /> <br />The building has been located on the site to maintain as many of the existing trees as possible. The <br />three existing trees that will be lost with site work are being replaced with 7 trees of a similar species. <br /> <br />Additional trees are being included, such as 12 boulevard trees along the south side of Orono <br />Parkway, 18 shade trees in areas to help shade the asphalt surfaces and several ornamental trees. <br /> <br />Native plantings, several rain gardens and a butterfly garden are also being proposed on site. The <br />landscape plan meets the ordinance requirements. <br /> <br />Standards for Issuance of a Conditional Use Permit (Section 30-654) <br />The issuance of a Conditional Use Permit can be ordered only if the use at the proposed location: <br /> <br />1. Will not endanger, i,!jure or detrimentallY qifect the use and e'!!qyment of other properry in the immediate <br />viciniry or the public health, scifery, morals, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the neighborhood or the <br />ciry. <br />2. Will be consistent with the comprehensive plan. <br />3. Will not impede the normal and orderlY development and improvement of surrounding vacant properry. <br />4. Will be seroed adequatelY f?y and will not adverselY qifect essential public facilities and services including <br />streets, police and fire protection, drainage, refuse disposal, water and sewer rystems, parks and schools; and <br />will not, in particular, create trqffic congestion or inteiference with trqffic on aqjacent and neighboring public <br />thoroughfares. <br />5. Will not involve uses, activities, processes, materials, equipment and conditions of operation that will be <br />detrimental to a'!} persons or proper(} because of excessive trqffic, noise, smoke, fumes, glare, odors, dust or <br />vibrations. <br /> <br />S:\PLANNING\Case Files\2006\CUP\CU 06-23 Elk River Library\CU 06-23_CC.doc <br />