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Sysco Billboard Report March 27, 2000 Page 3 of 14 issue of billboards. (2) The geographical area involved. The two billboards are to be located on Sysco property. Sysco is adjacent to only one Mounds View property, that being the Bridges Golf Course, a commercial recreation operation. There are residential properties at least 300 feet south of Sysco, across State Highway 10; yet it is estimated that the billboards would not be visible from these properties due to the presence of a tall sound barrier on the south side of the highway. (3) Whether such use will tend to or actually depreciate the area in which it is proposed. It is not believed that the placement and installation of billboards adjacent to Highway 10 on Sysco property would depreciate the land values or visual appeal of the subject parcel or neighboring properties. (4) The character of the surrounding area. The area north of State Highway 10 and west of I-35W is dominated by industrial uses. Other than the Bridges Golf Course, which is the City’s commercial golf facility, all other uses are of an industrial nature. (5) The demonstrated need for such use. The applicant has indicated that the revenue generated by the installation of the billboards would offset Sysco’s operating costs at its present Mounds View location and would help ensure financial viability into the future. It appears that the request satisfies the adverse effects criteria addressed in the City Code, as interpreted by the City Council and the Planning Commission. General Use Criteria: Ordinance 644 also requires that the requested interim use permit be reviewed in the context of the general conditional use requirements as outlined in Section 1125.01, Subdivision 3b of the City Code. These requirements, with applicable responses, are as follows: (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. Installation of billboards 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 billboards would not be visible from any residentially zoned property in either cities of Mounds View or Blaine and that the installation of the billboards would not have a detrimental effect on the development of vacant land in