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Planning & Zoning Board February 12, 2003 APPROVED MINUTES Page 24 attached hereto as Exhibit I). The draina ge plan must be approved by the Rice Creek Watershed District. Elevations . Pursuant to Section 1102.07, Subd. 2(B), st ructures must be placed with the lowest floor three (3) feet above the ordinary high water level. The plans indicate that the ordinary high water level for Reshanau Lake is 883.5 feet. The 100 year flood plain lies along the 886 foot contour. The site plan indicates a first floor elevation for the proposed building addition of 896.14 feet. Development Agreement: Prior to the commencement of any site work, the applicant will be required to enter into a developmen t agreement with the City and post all the necessary securities required by it. Conditional Use Permit. As previously indicated, the ap plicant is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to allow expansion of an existing church structure within the R-1, Single Family Residential District. Relig ious institutions are conditional uses within the R-1, Single Family Residential District. In considering conditional use permit requests, the Ordinance states that the Planning and Zoning Board shall recommend approval and th e City Council shall or der the issuance of such permit only if it finds that such use at such location: 1.Will not be detrimental to or endange r the public health, safety, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the neighborhood or the City. Comment: The proposed use is not anticipat ed to be detrimental or endanger the public. 2.Will be harmonious with the general and applicable specific plans and policies of the comprehensive plan of the City and this ordinance. Comment: The Comprehensive Plan sugge sts public/semipublic use of the site. The Comprehensive Plan contemplates churches within the public/semipublic land use designation. Thus, the proposed land use is harmonious with the land use directives of the Comprehensive Plan. 3.Will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained so as to be harmonious and appropriate in appearance with the ex isting and/or intended character of the general vicinity and will not change the essential character of that area. Comment: The building design is consiste nt with material requirements of the Ordinance and therefore will not negativel y affect the essential character of the area. In addition, the plan s indicate that th e building materials for the proposed building addition will match the existi ng building creating a harmonious exterior appearance. 4.Will be served adequately by essential pu blic facilities and services, including street, police and fire protection, drainage structures, refuse disposal, water and