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• • Living Waters Lutheran Church Page 6 Utilities. All utilities or construction over existing utility service lines are subject to review and approval by the City Engineer. Grading and Drainage. A grading and drainage plan has been reviewed by the City Engineer (see comments of City Engineer on Memorandum dated January 31, 2003 attached hereto as Exhibit I). The drainage plan must be approved by the Rice Creek Watershed District. Elevations. Pursuant to Section 1102.07, Subd. 2(B), structures 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 development agreement with the City and post all the necessary securities required by it. Conditional Use Permit. As previously indicated, the applicant is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to allow expansion of an existing church structure within the R -1, Single Family Residential District. Religious 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 the City Council shall order the issuance of such permit only if it finds that such use at such location: 1. Will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the neighborhood or the City. Comment: The proposed use is not anticipated 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 suggests 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 existing and/or intended character of the general vicinity and will not change the essential character of that area.