3A - Conditional Use Application - Crafter's Outlet Mall

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i 11. The proposed use is unlikely to be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other properties in the immediate vicinity. 12. The proposed use should not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of surrounding vacant properties. The subject property is bounded by State Highway 371 and the Paul Bunyan Trail, limiting its effects on the development and improvement on properties on either side of these routes. The development of the vacant property to the southwest would not be impeded by the proposed use.Access to the southwest property is not limited by the proposed use. 13. The proposed use will not require any public costs for public facilities and services. 14.The access to the property is from County Road 107 to the south, with the access road running parallel to the eastern property boundary. The access point is slightly off-set from the point at which the property to the south (Evergreen) accesses County Road 107. The proposed use could create additional traffic congestion on the surrounding streets.There will be more customers entering the property to purchase the utility buildings and also the applicant intends to contract with a private delivery company to deliver the buildings, adding delivery trucks coming and going from the property. 15. The applicant has stated the loading of the utility buildings for delivery will be done by a private delivery company. There has not been any submission of additional parking area used for this or additional loading area used for this. 16. The manufacturing of the utility buildings will be conducted inside the storage building to prevent any offensive odor, fumes, dust, noise, and vibration. There will be no additional lighting or signs to disturb neighboring properties. `., 17. The proposed use will not result in the destruction, loss or damage of natural, scenic,or historical features of major significance. 18.There should not be any pollution of ground and surface waters due the proposed use. Planning Commission Direction: The Planning Commission can recommend approval of the conditional use permit, recommend denial, or table the request if additional information is needed. If the recommendation is for approval or denial, findings of fact should be cited. Staff Recommendation: The original CUP for the Crafter's Mall treated it as a hybrid of a transient use, as it was presented by the applicant. This provided a mechanism for flexibility on items such as parking requirements and impervious coverage. In short, it was understood that there would be peak events that would not meet the ordinance,but those events were spaced and infrequent enough so that the Planning Commission was comfortable bypassing a very strict application of the ordinance. Over time as this development has evolved, Commission members and members of the public have raised concerns over multiple issues including outside storage, peak traffic, traffic congestion, parking requirements, signage and the uses of the property and how they relate to the original permit. These issues are somewhat unresolved. February 2008 Staff Report Page 9