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• 5. Ordinance 04 -95 established the Shoreland Overlay District, which includes all land within 1,000 feet from the ordinary high water level of specified lakes, including Baldwin Lake. The majority of the site is in the shoreland overlay area. 6. Section 1102.07, Subd. 1.C.4. of the shoreland ordinance requires the impervious surface coverage of commercial lots shall not exceed 60% of the lot area. 7. The impervious surface of the site as proposed would be over 70 %. This exceeds both the LB zone maximum and the shoreland overlay maximum. 8. The drive through facility requires the drive lane around the building, which adds impervious surface beyond the plan approved in 2003. 9. Property to the east and south are zoned R -3 Planned Unit Development, with R -3 designating the Planned Unit Development for Medium Density Residential use. 10. Property across Hodgson Road to the west is zoned R -1, Single Family Residential. 11. Section 3, Subd. 4.Q. of the zoning ordinance states, in part, that Where any business or industrial use (i.e., structure, parking or storage) abuts property zoned for residential use, that business or industry shall provide screening along the boundary of the residential property. Screening shall also be provided where a business or industry is across the street from a residential zone, but not on that side of a business or industry considered to be the front (as determined by the Zoning Administrator). All the fencing and screening specifically required by this Ordinance shall be subject to Section 3, Subd. 4.Q. and shall consist of either a fence or a green belt planting strip as provided for below: a. A green belt planting strip shall consist of vegetation and plants and shall be of sufficient width and density to provide an effective visual screen. This planting strip shall be designed to provide eighty (80) percent opacity to a minimum height of six (6) feet at time of planting. Earth mounding or berms may be used but shall not be used to achieve more than three (3) feet of the required screen. In such cases when planting strips are used in conjunction with berms designed to support plant growth, plant height may be reduced accordingly such that an eighty (80) percent visual screen of not less than six (6) feet in height is maintained. The planting plan and type of plantings shall require the approval of the City Council. 12. Section 7, Subd. 2.H.1. of the zoning ordinance includes the list of conditions for a drive through facility in the LB zone. These include: e. The drive - through window and its stacking lanes shall be screened from view of adjoining residential zoning districts and public street rights -of -way. Resolution 06 -136, page 2