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Legal Description of the Property All of Government Lot 4 in Section 9, Township 29 north, Range 21 west, City of Lake Elmo, Washington County, Minnesota, according to government survey containing 59.4 acres of land. Also the south 30.6 acres of Government Lot 4 in Section 4, and of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 4, all in Township 29 North, Range 21 West, according to government survey, being the south 688 feet thereof. 5) That the Variance application about direct access to a collector or arterial street for the chapel that was proposed by the Applicant would allow the applicant to use the existing driveway to their property as access for the proposed chapel. 6) That the City approved the Applicant's request for a Variance about direct access to a collector or arterial street for the chapel by allowing the Applicant to use the existing driveway to their property as access for the proposed chapel, 7) Findings 1. The proposed use will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the neighborhood or the city. The use of the property for religious facilities, including the proposed chapel, will not be detrimental or in any way endanger thepublic health, safety, comfort, convenience or welfare of the neighborhood or the City. 2. The use or development conforms to the City of Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan. The property is guided for PubliclPark in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan and Institutional in the proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan. A place of worship is a conditional use in these land use designations. 3. The use or development is compatible with the existing neighborhood. The use is compatible with the existing neighborhood. The religious facilities in this area were established in the 1950's and Hermitage has been on this site since the 1980's. 4. The proposed use meets all specific development standards for such use listed in Article 7 of this Chapter. The existing and proposed uses meet all specific development standards for such use as listed in Section 154.600 Public and Quasi Public Open Space. 5. If the proposed use is in a flood plain management or shoreland area, the proposed use meets all the specific standards for such use listed in Chapter 150, § 150.250 through 150.257 (Shoreland Regulations) and Chapter 152 (Flood Plain Management). The existing structures and the proposed chapel would be located outside the 0.2% annual chance floodplain and meets shoreland setback requirements. 6. The proposed use will be designed, constructed, operated and maintained so as to be compatible in appearance with the existing or intended character of the general vicinity and will not change the essential character of that area. The proposed chapel is compatible in appearance with the existing and intended character of the general vicinity and will not change the essential character of the area. 7. The proposed use will not be hazardous or create a nuisance as defined under this Chapter to existing or future neighboring structures. The existing religious facilities and the proposed chapel are not nor will they will he hazardous or create a nuisance.