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Bellamy and Smith CUP Page 4 The applicant has summited a facility and waste management plan. The plan outlines the management of each `lot" in the feedlot area in regards to frequency of manure removal and paddock clean up, stockpile locations, removal of manure, and land application. Staff is comfortable with the management plan as submitted. The PCA allows manure stockpiling on properties for no longer than a year. The stockpiles shall be spread on the pasture areas or removed from the property after a year. As a condition of approval, staff is requiring Lot E to be graded to the dirt base, like the other "lots" in the feedlots area, and all manure be removed from the property. This is work that shall be completed at the time the culvert on the west side is relocated. This relocation is further described in the next section. Drainage During an inspection of the property on August 21, 2014, with the PCA it was found that there was run-off from the paddock areas in to the road ditch, the wetland to the north, and onto the neighboring property through a culvert. The PCA stated there were violations in regards to water quality discharge standards. The applicant was requested by the PCA to correct the State violations in regards to the run-off in the road ditch and wetland. Staff requested the applicant to re -direct the run-off away from the neighboring property onto their own property. The applicant graded the paddock areas and used sandbags to provide berms around the fences in areas in an effort to keep all run-off in the paddocks. After an inspection on September 22, 2014, the PCA issued a letter to the applicant stating the property was in compliance with State rules. There is a culvert on the west side of the paddocks that drains the paddock (Lot E). Although the PCA stated that the drainage meets its water quality discharge standards, the drainage is going onto the neighboring property. On October 24, 2014, staff met the applicant on the property to go over ways to redirect the drainage and to relocate the culvert. Staff and the property owner arrived at a solution that involves adding 100 feet of culvert along the north property line. The applicant has not completed this to date, but it is a condition of approval. Redirecting the drainage is not easy because the property naturally drains this way. The applicant will be required to grade the paddock area to ensure the drainage will flow correctly to the culvert. The applicant will be required to remove the existing culvert and add a new culvert at the correct slope to redirect the drainage. 4. ANAYSIS OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT: A. Level of City Discretion in Decision -Making The City's discretion in approving or denying a conditional use permit is limited to whether or not the proposed application meets the standards outlined in the City's Comprehensive Land Use Regulations. If it meets these standards, the City must approve the conditional use permit.