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• • • Majestic Pines Report Page 4 2. Adequate screening from abutting residential uses and landscaping is provided in compliance with the landscape and screening regulations of Section 3 of the zoning ordinance. 3. Adequate off - street parking and access is provided on the site...and such parking is adequately screened and landscaped from surrounding and abutting residential uses in compliance with the ordinance. 4. Adequate off- street loading and service entrances are provided and regulated where applicable by Section 3, Subd. 6 of this ordinance. Additionally, the use is subject to standards for a conditional use permit. The ordinance defines a conditional use as a land use or development that may not be appropriate generally within a certain district but may be allowed in that district with appropriate restrictions, conditions or limitations as imposed by the City Council. If findings can be made that all of the standards are satisfied for a conditional use in a specific location then a conditional use permit should be granted. However, if the use is not appropriate based on the criteria then a permit does not have to be approved and findings should be made as to why the use does not satisfy the standards for granting a conditional use permit. The ordinance states that 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 that such use at the proposed location: 1. Will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the neighborhood or the City. 2. Will be harmonious with the general and applicable specific plans and policies of the comprehensive plan of the City and this ordinance. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Will not involve uses, activities, processes, materials, equipment and conditions of operation that will be detrimental to any persons, property, or the general welfare because of excessive production of traffic, noise, smoke, fumes, glare, or odors.