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WBL School District Transportation Facility CUP <br />Page 3 <br />C. BACKGROUND <br />The proposed use of the property will be a transportation facility for the White Bear Lake Area <br />School District and is a permitted use as an essential public service. As the District is preparing <br />for an increase of over 2,000 students in the next ten year, they are planning to maximize the use <br />of the District's existing buildings while expanding other facilities. The District is proposing to <br />relocate the District's maintenance and transportation operations to a new site in Hugo with <br />appropriate services and support operations as the current site has operational challenges and <br />limitations. <br />The proposed facility in Hugo will include: <br />• Bus and van/shuttle parking of approximately 75 varying vehicles; <br />• Building space for offices for transportation and maintenance staff (approximately 5,000 <br />square feet); <br />• Building space to perform vehicle maintenance operations (approximately 10,000 square <br />feet); <br />• Fueling for vehicles; and <br />• Parking for staff. <br />The district is proposing that the vehicle parking be located outside as exterior storage, which <br />exceeds the total square footage of the proposed building and therefore requires approval of a <br />conditional use permit. The vehicles proposed to be stored on site are for specific transportation <br />needs such as special education transportation vehicles and buses for field trips. The buses that are <br />used for standard bus routes will be stored at a different location. As a result, on average, ten buses <br />would begin routes at around 6:30 AM, with other vehicles having staggered start times to their <br />routes. Some vehicles stored at the proposed site will be spare vehicles for backup purposes. <br />4. SKETCH PLAN: <br />Lot Size <br />The minimum lot size in the General Industrial (I-3) zoning district is 15,000 square feet. The <br />proposed parcel is 300,639 square feet or 7.06 acres. <br />Setbacks <br />The applicant will be required to meet all setback requirements for the General Industrial zoning <br />district. The setbacks are as follows: <br />Minimum front yard building setback <br />30 ft <br />Minimum side yard building setback <br />from industrial zoned properties <br />Equal to height of building, <br />in no case less than ten feet <br />