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• • Record of Decision City of Lino Lakes The conceptual uses are allowed in the LI, Light Industrial District of Lino Lakes. The identified uses are only three of 15 allowable uses in the LI district. Other permitted uses include building material sales, greenhouses, nurseries, warehousing, and distribution facilities. Street and utility improvements for the outlots will be installed with the initial phase of development. The Lakes Business Park has approximately 23 acres (1,002,520 square feet) of developable area with buildings, associated off - street parking and drive areas. For the 13.4 -acre (586,753 square feet) parcel, approximately 9.83 acres (428,400 square feet) is developable. Non - developable areas include existing wetlands, Anoka County Ditch No. 10, and wooded buffer areas. Maximum buildout will result in 70 percent impervious coverage, which is less than the allowable threshold of maximum impervious coverage of 85 percent, as identified in the City's zoning ordinance. Initial site grading and construction is anticipated to begin in October 2003. Full development of the site is expected to be completed in 3 to 5 years. FINDINGS OF FACT Land Use and Compatibility with Local Plans The project is consistent with local and regional plans, which includes the following: • City of Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan (land use, sanitary sewer, transportation, surface water management) • City of Lino Lakes Subdivision and Platting Ordinance • Rice Creek Watershed District Watershed Management Program The proposed project, to varying degrees, satisfies each of the ten conservation development principles outlined in the Lino Lakes Handbook of Environmental Planning and Conservation Development. Wildlife and Vegetation Impacts A search of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Natural Heritage Database for rare plant and animal species or other significant natural features known to occur within an approximate one -mile radius of the proposed project was conducted. The search identified the Lance - Leaved Violet (Viola lanceolata), a Threatened species documented approximately a quarter -mile southwest of the proposed project site. Other plants species include the Endangered Tubercled Rein - Orchid (Platanthera flava), the Threatened Twisted - Eyed Grass (Xyris torta), and species of Special Concern, the Autumn Fimbristylis (Fimbristylis autumnalis) and Marginated Rush (Juncus marginatus) recently been documented throughout the Blaine and Lino Lakes areas. The DRAFT