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Eagle Brook Church page 12 retail development will generate far more traffic than the proposed church, and retail peak times typically correspond with rush hour —the peak times on the freeway. This is why the level of service restrictions do not apply to the interchanges. However, this does not mean that the City should ignore traffic impacts on the interchange area if a clear public safety issue arises. The traffic analysis for the EAW addressed Sunday worship service times. In December 2003, staff instructed the applicant to expand that analysis to address planned Saturday evening services and the possibility of weekday services. (The church's current programming plan does not include weekday services. However, we are assuming they are possible in the future.) Since then, we received additional analysis. Subsequently, City staff met with representatives of the church and the neighborhood group several times to refine the analysis. The latest analysis concluded that during peak periods there will be delays on CSAH 14 and CSAH 21, there will be congestion, but there is no clear public safety issue. Vehicles will not stack back into the travel lane of I -35E, which was the primary concern. Several conditions of approval will mitigate traffic impacts. Conditional Use Permit Criteria There are general criteria for all CUPs and specific conditions that apply to churches, as listed in Section, Subd. 2.7 of the zoning ordinance. General Criteria: The Planning and Zoning Board shall recommend a conditional use permit and the Council shall order the issuance of such permit only if it finds the following criteria have been met: a. The proposed development application has been found to be consistent with the policies and recommendations of the Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan including: Land Use Plan, Transportation Plan, Utility (Sewer and Water) Plans, Local Water Management Plan, Capital Improvement Plan, Policy Plan, Natural Environment Plan. • While there are no specific statements or policies in these plans with which the proposed project clearly conflicts, the safety of the traveling public is an underlying concern. In the Policy Plan chapter, under Land Use, general policy 9. is "Relate land use development to transportation systems of the City as identified in the Lino Lakes Comprehensive Transportation Plan." In relating the proposed development to the transportation system that serves the City, the traffic analysis does not reveal a clear danger to public safety. b. The proposed development application is compatible with present and future land uses of the area. • The site is guided for single family sewered development. This does not exclude churches, which typically are in single family zones. The majority of the site will remain as undeveloped open space (only23% impervious surface). Resolution 04 -17, page 12