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Clear Channel IUP & Variance Report July 24, 2006 Page 3 (5) The demonstrated need for such use. Based on the requirement that Clear Channel has had to remove and relocate four billboards from the former golf course property, it can be stated that the proposed location is one of only a few locations designated at which Clear Channel is able to site a billboard. While perhaps true, the Planning Commission expressed concern that there was a more appropriate location for a billboard on County Road 10 that would be less intrusive causing less obstruction and impact to the subject and adjoining properties. General Conditional Use Permit Criteria: In addition to the adverse effects criteria considered above, the City Council is to also evaluate the General Conditional Use Permit criteria found in Section 1125.01 Subd. 3 as part of the consideration: (1) The use will not create an excessive burden on existing parks, schools, streets and other public facilities and utilities that serve or are proposed to serve the area. The Installation of a billboard will not create or cause a burden to public facilities. (2) The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value and there will be no deterrence to development of vacant land. It is believed that the billboard would not be visible from any residentially zoned property in the City and that the installation of the billboard would not have a detrimental effect on the development of vacant land in the area. (3) The structure and site shall have an appearance that will not have an adverse effect upon adjacent residential properties. There are no residential properties adjacent to the Mermaid and as such this requirement does not necessarily apply. (4) The use, in the opinion of the City Council, is reasonably related to the overall needs of the City and to the existing land use. It is assumed that the need for the proposed billboards is reasonably related to the requirement to relocate four billboards from the former golf course property. (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. With the adoption of Ordinance 769, the proposed billboard is consistent with the purposes of the City Code and the purposes of the zoning district in which they are to be located.