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Kwik Trip – 159th Street <br />Page 7 <br />properties to the east. Highway 61 will create an adequate buffer for properties to the west. The <br />site incorporates landscaping to create a visual buffer from neighboring properties on all sides. <br /> <br />The carwash is located on the west side of the property towards the highway of Forest <br />Boulevard, directing the noise it generates further away from adjacent residential properties. <br />Additionally, there will be landscaping between the carwash and highway creating a visual <br />buffer from view of the highway. The CUP request for the carwash meets the spirit and intent of <br />the ordinance. <br /> <br />Section 90-219 of City Code outlines specific requirements and performance standards for <br />convenience stores and gas stations, including that the hours of operation shall be limited to 6:00 <br />AM to 11:00 PM, unless amended as part of a conditional use permit. The applicant is requesting <br />for the hours of operation to be 24 hours. The convenience store and gas station will receive the <br />majority of their business traffic from the Highway 61, and the site is designed to keep traffic <br />contained to the gas station and convenience store parking lot and away from the nearby <br />neighborhood. The CUP request for 24-hour operation meets the spirit and intent of the <br />ordinance. <br /> <br />3. The proposed use is compatible with the City’s Comprehensive Plan and the character of the <br />surrounding area. <br /> <br />The proposed use requires a comprehensive plan amendment to have a land use of Commercial <br />(COM) on Parcel 1. The property is located within and area that is adjacent to a commercial <br />businesses, apartments, and single-family homes, all of which are appropriately separated from <br />each other by streets and transitional uses. The uses will be contained to the site with the buffer of <br />159th Street, and generally will not have an impact on the character of the surrounding area. <br /> <br />If the comprehensive plan amendment is approved it will be compatible with the comprehensive <br />plan and character of the area. <br /> <br />4. The proposed use has adequate drainage, water supply, electrical, gas, and sewage treatment <br />facilities. <br /> <br />The proposed use as adequate drainage, water supply, and utilized to the site. <br /> <br />5. The proposed use has adequate road access. <br /> <br />The property has access to 159th Street. <br /> <br />6. Technical Evaluation of Floodplain. <br /> <br />The developer is not proposing to impact any floodplain. <br /> <br />7. The proposed use should not increase the potential for flood damage. <br /> <br />The proposed use would not obstruct the floodplain or increase the potential for flooding. <br /> <br />8. The proposed use will not damage or reduce the benefits the public receives from public waters.