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L Exceptions: <br />(1) Tents or Membrane structures erected for periods that do not exceed one (1) week shall <br />not require an interim use permit, however a zoning permit and fire permit are required <br />regardless of the time frame. <br />(2) To eliminate duplication of review, when a use (e.g., outdoor sales or storage) would <br />otherwise require a conditional use permit, an interim use permit shall not be required if <br />a tent or membrane structure is involved and is addressed as part of the CUP. <br />Zoning Code 1125.01 Subd 3(b) Criteria for granting Conditional Use Permits <br />b. Criteria for Granting Conditional Use Permits: <br />(1) The use will not create an excessive burden on existing parks, schools, streets and other <br />public facilities and utilities which serve or are proposed to serve the area. <br />Staff is not aware of any burden onto public facilities, associated with use of the tent. <br />(2) The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from <br />adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated <br />in value and there will be no deterrence to development of vacant land. <br />The nearest residential area is the Towns Edge Terrance mobile home park , about 600' <br />to the south, and is screened from The Mermaid by a wooded area along Rice Creek. <br />(3) The structure and site shall have an appearance that will not have an adverse effect <br />upon adjacent residential properties. <br />The tent is not viewable from residential properties. <br />(4) The use, in the opinion of the City Council, is reasonably related to the overall needs of <br />the City and to the existing land use. <br />The tent has been in use since 2004, and serves a need as a banquette facility. <br />(5) The use is consistent with the purposes of the Zoning Code and the purposes of the <br />zoning district in which the applicant intends to locate the proposed use. <br />The property is zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD), and intended for varying types <br />of land uses. <br />(6) The use is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />The Comprehensive Plan guides this property for Regional Commercial. <br />(7) The use will not cause traffic hazards or congestion. <br />The continued use of the tent should not increase current traffic congestion. <br />27 <br />