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Planning Commission Resolution No. 475-96 <br /> September 18, 1996 <br /> Page 2 <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents regarding <br /> this conditional use permit request: <br /> 1. Project Location Plan / Rio Architects; September 11, 1996 <br /> 2. Grading and Erosion Control Plan / Pioneer Engineering; September 11, 1996 <br /> 3. Planning Application dated 7/15/96 <br /> 4. Staff Report dated September 4, 1996 with attachments listed on pages 1 & 2 <br /> 5. Staff Report dated September 18, 1996 with attachments listed on pages 1 & 2 <br /> 6. Letter from Mark Bishop, Fire Marshal, Spring Lake Park/Blaine/Mounds View <br /> Fire Department dated September 4, 1996 and September 6, 1996 <br /> 8. Letter from Sweeney, Borer & Ostrow dated September 4, 1996 <br /> 9. Letter from the New Apostolic Church, Minneapolis Congregation (9/8/96) <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission does hereby make the following findings of fact <br /> regarding the requirements set forth in Section 1106.04, Subd. 1 of the Mounds View Zoning <br /> Code. <br /> a. Front yard depths shall be a minimum of thirty five feet(35'). <br /> Complies. • <br /> b. Side yards shall be no less than thirty feet (30'). <br /> Complies. <br /> c. Adequate screening from abutting residential uses and landscaping is provided in compliance with Section <br /> 1103.08 of this Title. (A copy of this Section is attached.) <br /> The applicant has not provided adequate screening from abutting residential uses in that <br /> the width of the landscape buffer areas along the property lines are less than is typical <br /> for churches in the community. The proposed plan shows landscaped buffers of 10 feet <br /> along the east end of the north property line and along the east property line, between <br /> the parking lot and adjacent single family homes. Parking lots are not typical <br /> improvements in the R-1 single family residential district and represent a more intensive <br /> use of property than is typical for this district. The minimum width of landscaped buffer <br /> areas between parking lots on other church sites in the community and adjacent <br /> residential uses is 14 feet with the typical width being 30 feet. The type of landscape <br /> material proposed will not provide an effective screen at least eight feet in height. This <br /> criteria is not met. <br /> 410 <br />