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Page 4 of 7 fields. Fencing is proposed on the northeast side of the football field, south of the Discus-Hammer Throw Event and Shot Put facilities, and along the west side of the football field. C. Tree Preservation – Additional Information Requested A Tree Preservation Plan is required as part of an application when City grading permit or erosion control permit is required. The Tree Protection Plan submitted by the Applicant shows that 34 significant trees are set for removal. The Ordinance allows 10% to be removed without replacement. The remaining caliper inches to be removed must be replaced at a ratio of 1 caliper inch for each 2 inches removed. The proposed landscaping plan identifies a total of 78 caliper inches of replacement trees, all three (3) caliper inch Heritage Oak trees. As a condition of approval, staff recommends requiring the Applicant to provide updated information about the size and type of trees being removed. Staff also recommends a landscaping letter of credit or escrow be required. D. Parking, Traffic, and Circulation – Meets Requirements The proposed additions are not anticipated to generate additional parking demand on the campus because the seating capacity will remain as is. Users of the proposed football and practice fields will continue to use either the Heritage Parking Lot, located north of the fields, or the SoHo Parking Lot, located east of the fields. 1355.04 Procedural Requirements for Specific Applications Section 1355.04, Subd. 3 of the Arden Hills Zoning Code lists the criteria for evaluating a Conditional Use Permit. The Planning Commission and City Council should consider the effect of the proposed use upon the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the owners and occupants of the surrounding land, in particular, and the community as a whole, in general, including but not limited to the following factors: 1. Existing and anticipated traffic and parking conditions; 2. Noise, glare, odors, vibration, smoke, dust, air pollution, heat, liquid or solid waste, and other nuisance characteristics; 3. Drainage; 4. Population density; 5. Visual and land use compatibility with uses and structures on surrounding land; adjoining land values; 6. Park dedications where applicable; and the 7. Orderly development of the neighborhood and the City within the general purpose and intent of this ordinance and the Comprehensive Development Plan for the City. In the granting of a conditional use permit, the City Council may impose such conditions, in addition to the general conditions and requirements of this Code to which every conditional use permit shall be subject, as it deems necessary to serve and protect the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the community. Such conditions may include, among other things, a time limit within which the conditional use or a portion thereof, or improvements in connection therewith are to be established, constructed, completed or commenced, and a requirement that the person or firm to whom the conditional use permit has been granted deposit with the City either cash or a performance bond in a sum equal to one