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Case File: CU 09-01 Page 3 Commercial Kennel Maureen Ivers The applicant currently employs 10 independent contractors and hopes to expand to a combined team of approximately 20 full-time and part-time. Signage will need to adhere to the city ordinances. A permit is need for any wall or freestanding sign. There is no need for any outdoor storage. There is no state licensing required but the applicant will be required to obtain a Commercial Kennel License from the City of Elk River. Parking and Access Access to the three building complex has a shared drive off of)arvis and parking easements that are shared amongst the campus buildings. The subject property has 40 parking spaces and with the combination of the two other campus buildings, there is approximately another 30+ additional parking spaces. Special events maybe the only time a need to use other buildings parking. There appears to be adequate parking for the facility. Comprehensive Plan The Light Industrial category includes industrial uses that are lower in intensity of activity. These uses limit the potential for adverse impacts on adjacent land uses due to factors such as noise and odor. Examples of Light Industrial uses include offices, enclosed storage and warehousing, research laboratories and light manufacturing. The proposed use meets these requirements. Applicable Regulations Conditional Use Permit The issuance of a Conditional Use Permit can be ordered only if the use at the proposed location: 7. 1-Vill not endanger, injure or detrimentally affect the use and enjoyment of other proper y in the immediate vicinity or the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience orgeneral welfare of the neighborhood or the city. 2. mill be consistent urith the comprehensive plan. 3. Whll not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of surrounding vacant propery. ~. mill be served adequately by and will not adversely affect essential public facilities and services including streets, police and fzre protection, drainage, r~se di. posal, avater and sewer systems, parks and schools; and mill not, in particular, create traffic congestion or interference avith traffzc on adjacent and neighboring public thoroughfares. 5. 1-Vill not involve uses, activities, processes, materials, equipment and conditions of operation that will be detrimental to any persons orproperty because of excessive traffzc, noise, smoke, fumes, glare, odors, dust or vibrations. 6. Till not result in the destruction, loss or damage of a natural, scenic or historic feature of major importance. 7. iI>ill fully comply with all other requirements of this Code, including any applicable requirements and standards for the issuance of a license or permit to establish and operate the proposed use in the city. S:\PLANNING MAIN\Case Files\CUP\CU 09-O1 Ivers\CU 09-01_PC.doc