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Linder's CUP Request Planning Case No. 548-99 March 22, 1999 Page 3 5. The use is consistent with the purposes of the Zoning Code and the purposes of the zoning district in which the applicant intends to locate the proposed use. 6. The use is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan of the City. 7. The use will not cause traffic hazards or congestion. 8. Adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and necessary facilities have been or will be provided The flower mart will be located at the edge of the Moundsview Square parking lot, alongside the Highway 10 right of way. The closest residential neighbors at this point are the homes behind the shopping center and the Wildwood Manor senior apartments across Highway 10 to the south. The residences, separated from the flower mart by the shopping center and the highway, should bear no discernable impact from the use. The flower mart meets the needs of the residents of Mounds View in that there are no greenhouses within the City. The zoning for the shopping center is B-4 (Regional Business District)which allows outdoor sales as a conditional use. The area of Moundsview Square is identified as Highway Commercial within the City's Comprehensive Plan, a designation consistent with the shopping center and proposed flower mart. Traffic in the area should not increase as a result of this use as it will draw much of its customer base from Moundsview Square shoppers and commuters already traveling east and west on Highway 10 and along local streets. The greenhouse will not interfere with the internal circulation of the shopping center and the loss of the parking spaces will not create a shortage of parking stalls on the premises. It is the opinion of staff that this proposal satisfies all applicable criteria. Specific Conditional Use Permit Criteria: The City Code states in Section 1115.04, Subd. 2 that the following specific conditions shall be met for outdoor sales operations: 1. Outdoor service, sales and equipment rental connected with the principal use is limited to thirty percent (30%) of the gross floor area of the principal use. 2. Outside sales areas are fenced or screened from view of neighboring residential uses or an abutting residential district in compliance with Subdivisions 1103.08(1) through (5) of this Title. 3. Saks area is grassed or surfaced to control dust. 4. The provisions of Section 1125.01(1)e of this Title are considered and satisfactorily met. The shopping center contains 102,035 square feet of building area. The applicant proposes to occupy 2,200 square feet in the parking lot, which is 2% of the building square footage on the site. The parking lot fronting Highway 10 does not abut any residential properties. The nearest residential property is Wildwood Manor, an apartment building for senior citizens, which would