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Planning & Zoning Board June 13, 2001 Page 15 • Staff stated the School District would need to submit an application for conditional use permit to allow a school in the PSP District per Section 9.I.1 of the Lino Lakes Zoning Ordinance. • • Staff stated applicant had submitted a survey and concept plan with the subdivision request. In review of this information, staff offered the following comment/suggestions: 1. The site exceeds the lot area for a PSP lot. 2. The site fails to provide for adequate lot width, frontage on a public street, or setback from the south and west property lines. 3. A wetland delineation is necessary for site development based on information submitted with the Lake Business Park preliminary plat. The eastern portion of the site had wetland constraints that must be addressed in the site design. Any wetland filling would require a wetland replacement plan. 4. The survey indicated that only the eastern half of 4th Avenue has been vacated. To accommodate the proposed development, the balance of 4th Street through the site must be vacated. 5. A utility easement following the 4t" Street alignment must be established and recorded. The subdivision should also show ten -foot drainage and utility easements along the side and rear property lines. Staff indicated to avoid the need for lot width and building setback variances associated with the creation of a new lot, staff recommended that the proposed site be combined with the existing middle school site to create a single parcel. Combining the lots will allow the elementary school to utilize middle school land to meet the City's performance standards. Staff stated Section 3.C.3 of the Lino Lakes Zoning Ordinance allowed more than one principal building on PSP lots provided that all the performance standards of the Zoning Ordinance were met. Staff indicated the site lies within the existing MUSA. The proposed site and school was not anticipated to overburden existing in -place utilities or municipal services. With respect to transportation, staff explained the elementary school would gain its site access via shared driveways with the middle school accessing Elm Street. The combined campus would allow the middle school and elementary school to share bus service. The elementary school would be designed to accommodate between 750 and 1,000 students, resulting in staffing of approximately 75 people. Bus traffic, staff and visitor traffic would be the anticipated traffic generation. This traffic was not anticipated to overburden existing streets serving the site. Mr. Lyden made a MOTION to recommend approval of the requested rezoning from L -I to PSP based on the following findings: 1. The elementary school site is combined with the middle school site to create a single lot.