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Twin City Fab, Inc. August 28, 2000 page 4 A shared driveway provides access to the site. The driveway will be shared by TC Fab and the Marmon Keystone site on the west. The driveway is consistent with the joint powers agreement with Anoka County that covers the number and type of accesses on Apollo Drive. A shared driveway agreement between the two sites will be necessary and staff is recommending that one be submitted for City review as a condition of approval. In reviewing shared driveways, we must consider potential traffic conflicts in the driveway itself. Vehicles leaving the sites come from two directions and mix in the driveway before exiting onto Apollo. For example, a car leaving the TC Fab parking area to go west on Apollo crosses the path of a car leaving the other site and going east on Apollo. The potential problem is reduced as the mixing point is moved farther back from Apollo. Numerous site factors influence the location of the parking drive: the location of the pond in the rear of the site, the area needed for trucks, the resulting building location, and the needed parking. The applicants have moved the parking drive as far back as possible given the constraints. Moving it farther would reduce the ability to expand the building to accommodate growth in the business. • Park Dedication Park dedication will be subject to the City policy of $133 per 1000 sf of commercial building. For TC Fab, with 19,200 sf, the dedication would be $2554. • Outdoor Storage Conditional Use Permit Outdoor storage is allowed as a conditional use in the LI zone per Ordinance 02 -00, adopted this past February. Two sets of findings must be made. Findings for All Conditional Use Permits: As stated in Sec. 2 Subd. 2.B.7., the Planning and Zoning Board shall recommend a conditional use permit and the Council shall order the issuance of such permit only if it can make findings that the proposed use at the proposed location: a. Will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the neighborhood or the City. b. Will be harmonious with the general and applicable specific plans and policies of the comprehensive plan of the City and this ordinance. c. Will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained so as to be harmonious and appropriate in appearance with the existing and/or intended character of the general vicinity and will not change the essential character of that area. d. Will be served adequately by essential public facilities and services, including streets, police and fire protection, drainage structures, refuse disposal, water and sewer systems, and schools; or will be served adequately by such facilities and services provided by the persons or agencies responsible for the establishment of the proposed use. e. Will not create excessive additional requirements at public cost for public facilities and services and will not be detrimental to the economic welfare of the community.