02-19-2004 Planning Commission Meeting

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FROM : CI TY_OF PEQUOT_LAKES FAX NO. : 2185687229 Feb. 09 2004 03:04P11 P3 --s, City of Pequot Lakes 31108 Government Drive, P.Q. Box 361 Pequot Lake, MN 56172 City Clerk(218)568-5222 -r9P J Police Dept.(258)568-811 ___i Fax(218)568-5850 E-mail:cityhall@uslink.net _- .- January 14, 2004 Pequot Lakes Baptist Church P. O. Box 117 Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 RE: Request for Conditional Use Permit for a Church in the Commercial Zone. Dear Sirs: Please be advised that on January 6, 2004, the City Council approved your Conditional Use Permit based on the following findings of fact; _ 1. The property is located just south of the Industrial Park. It is bordered on all sides by public right-of-way. There are two proposed accesses off of County Road 112. 2. Neighboring land uses are industrial and commercial,which the proposed use is compatible with. 3. The church has been in this location for 14 years. The Industrial Park has developed adjacent to it over the last ten years. 4. The proposed use is consistent with the intent of the Commercial zoning district containing traffic patterns and peak usage patterns consistent with commercial property. 5. The proposal is consistent with the objectives of the Ordinance, which provides for churches to be placed in the Commercial zone. 6. Water demand and wastewater treatment is proposed to be handles on-site. As such, the expansion will not create additional strain on municipal facilities_ 7. The applicants have submitted a site design for a sewage treatment system, which is adequate to handle projected flows. 8_ The proposed use is not within the shoreland zone and is not visible from public water, but is located within view of the Paul Bunyan Trail. 9. The site is relatively flat. There are no significant alterations of the landscape planned or required with this development. 10.The proposed impervious coverage is 19.3%, which is much less than what is allowed in the zone.