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. Plant diversity and placement; . Screening from the lake; . Long-teml erosion control; . . Stormwater management; . Long-ternl viability of the plantings; and, . Approval from Ramsey County/Rice Creek Watershed District; When evaluating the total landscaping plan, any conditions imposed on the plan must be commensurate to the violation and remediation. It is important that there be a connection between the plan, the conditions for approval, and the mitigation of the impact from the clear-cutting. 3. Special Use Permit - Section S.D.3.b Typically, a site plan review also uses the special use permit criteria in the evaluation process. Since this is an atypical application, most of the special use permit criteria do not apply. However, Section S.D.3.b of the Arden Hills Zoning Ordinance lists the criteria for evaluating a Special Use Permit, which requires the Planning Commission and City Council to 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 densi ty; 5. Visual and land use compatibility with uses and structures on surrounding land; adjoining land values; 6. Park dedications \vhere 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. Findin2;s of Fact While no landscaping plan will be able to replace the vegetation that existed on the property prior to the clear-cutting, this plan does work to address screening, erosion, and stormwater concerns. Therefore, Staff finds that the modified proposal, along with the proposed conditions, works to mitigate the clear-cutting violation. The landscaping plan provides stormwater management, provides more landscaping than most other properties in the neighborhood, and provides a high level of plant diversity. City o/Ardf!n Hills Plunning COII/II/ission M('('lingfil/' NOl'('lI/her I. 2()()6 \:MelrtJ.i/l{'t.us\llrdellhillsd'llIlIlIingil'/lIll/lillg ClIses:]II(l6i116-0]8 Ngo Sill' l'lall Rel'iell' rPEi\'OiND;:I()!306 - PC ref'''''' - Ng,!J Sile 1'11111 . ReviclI'.do(. Page 6 of 8