4B - Conditonal Use Permit for a Funeral Home, Kline

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funeral home and cemetery. These local traffic impacts will be occasional, and not contribute to the overall daily traffic load on Lilac Drive, Pillsbury Street, and State Highway 371• 8. The applicant proposes to construct 42 parking spaces on the property to serve the staff and patrons. The Ordinance requires one space for every four seats of capacity in the funeral home. With 42 proposed parking spaces, the funeral home could have a maximum capacity of 168 occupants,while the applicant proposes 110 seats in the chapel area of the business. 9. The proposed parking stalls meet the minimum dimension requirements,being ten feet wide and 20 feet in length io.The applicant has placed�he majority of the parking spaces to the side of the building, with seven spaces in front of the building. The Ordinance requires that all parking be placed to the side or the rear of the building. ii. The applicant has proposed to maintain existing vegetation along the perimeter of the property, supplementing the northern boundary with additional trees for screening. Trees and vegetation along the eastern portion of the property are also proposed to be maintained.The proposed use of vegetation should provided the required 5o%screening required from the road or any non-residential parcel in the area. 12.The parking standards require that more than five contiguous parking stalls be landscaped.The applicant has indicated in the submitted drawings that landscaping will be placed for screening purposes and has also indicated additional landscaping around the perimeter of the proposed building, but landscaping within the parking area itself has not been shown. 13. The proposed use is unlikely to produce noise, dust, or odors at a level that would constitute a nuisance, outside of those typically associated with the construction of the building. 14. The property is largely wooded,and the applicant proposes to remove vegetation on the western portion of the property to accommodate the proposed structure and parking, while maintaining the vegetation and trees along the eastern portion of the property. There otherwise are not any sites of historic or natural significance on this site. 15. The applicant has proposed the construction of storinwater retention ponds on the property that would retain the stormwater from a 5-year, 24-hour storm event. The Ordinance allows up to 5o% impervious coverage in the Commercial district with an approved stormwater management plan for a lo-year,24-hour storm event. 16. The applicant has significant space to accommodate an on-site sewage treatment system, proposing both a primary and alternate site. 17. The proposed building meets the maximum building height Of 25 fed, measuring roughly sixteen fed as measured by Ordinance requirements. 18.The proposed structure and parking area meet all of the required setbacks,including the setback from the City right-of-way, setback from the side yard, and setback from the State right-of-way, Planning Commission Direeflow.The Planning Commission can approve of the conditional use permit,deny the application,or table the request if additional information is needed. If the motion is for approval or denial,findings of fact should be cited. Staff Recommendation: The Staff recommends that this application be tabled so that the following information can be provided: i. A stormwater management plan showing the containment of runoff resulting from a io- year,24-hour storm event. 2. A revised site plan showing the arrangement of the parking spaces to the side or rear of the building,as required by Section 5.1o,Subdivision 4C. 3. A landscaping plan for the parking area,as required by Section 7.1o,Subdivision 3S. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 2-4 April 19,2007