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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />City Council Resolution No. 5005 <br />October 29, 1996 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />(6) Fendng and screening shall consist of either afence or a green belt planting strip the height of which <br />shall be suffident to adequately shield the activity from the abutting properties. <br /> <br />a. <br /> <br />Greenbelt planting strip shall consist of evergreens of sufficient width and density to provide <br />effective screen; planting strip shall contain no structures or other use; planting strips shall <br />be not less than 8 feet in height; earth mounding may be used but limited to no more than <br />5 feet; planting plan subject to approval of Planning Co.mn~ssion based on recommendation <br />from staff. . ;", .- --,_'-- <br />Required screening fence shall be masonry, brick, .iw~od or Ste~l. not less than 6 feet or more <br />than 8 feet; subject to approval by Planning Co~ssion bdsed on recommendation from <br />, 'J . <br />staff. . <br />Ground cover shall be established ljli,t~in one year following issuance of building permit; must <br />control erosion.,? , .' . \. ..' <br /> <br />b. <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />,.;,/ I~ \ (". .' <br />Complies with 1103.08 Subd.J-5, exc:ept there are ,five ~xisting trees in the sight triangle <br />at Pleasant View Drive and~County Road H. ,he applicant has shown two of these <br />remaining. All ar~s of ifie property other than the parking area, building site and <br />walkways are prop~sed t9fbe landscaped. ~oiencing is proposed. <br /> <br />: 'Ii ~ /', <br />With respect to S4bd. 6(1 the applican,tis:.proposing to provide a buffer area along the <br />north :ptpperty lin~ .of 151,\ 24 and 19 f~t in width, and along the east property line of 12 <br />feet. Qn other c~urch sitb in Moup.ds View, the buffer area between parking lots for <br />churches and property liri~s' abuttJn.f residential properties vary from 14 feet to 63 feet, <br />with 30 feet being: typica1..The~eastern buffer is less than the width suggested by other <br />church sites .in ~ounds View, and is less than the width suggested by neighboring <br />property owners as adequate (15 feet). The proposed landscaping plan shows six feet for <br />. <br />evergreen trees" a~d three feet for lilacs in the northern and eastern buffer areas, which <br />when planted wilt/be less than the eight feet required by the ordinance. The proposed <br />plan does not meet the requirement for buffering and screening sufficient to adequately <br />screen the church facility and parking lot from abutting properties at the time of <br />development. <br /> <br />The City Council finds that requirement c. is not met in its entirety; in particular, the <br />proposal does not meet c.(6). <br /> <br />d. <br /> <br />Adequate off-street parking and access is provided on the site or on lots directly abutting or directly across a <br />public street to the principal use in compliance lI-7th a/apter 1121 of this Title and that such parking is <br />adequately screened and landscaped from surrounding and abutting residential uses in compliance with Section <br />1103.08 of this Title. <br />Adequate off-street loading and service entrances are provided and regulated where applicable by Chapter 1122 <br />of this Title. <br /> <br />e. <br /> <br />There are two driveways serving the site: one from County Road H and one from <br />Pleasant View Drive. The driveway onto County Road H is 21 feet wide and will be <br />used for emergency vehicle access. The one on Pleasant View Drive is twelve feet in <br />