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<br />Section 1355.04 Subd 3 of the Arden Hills Zoning Code lists the criteria for evaluating a <br />Conditional Use Permit. <br /> <br />When evaluating conditional use permits, the Planning Commission and City Council should <br />consider the effect of the proposed use upon the health, safety, convenience and general <br />welfare of the owners and occupants ofthe surrounding land, in particular, and the <br />community as a whole, in general, including but not limited to the following factors: <br />1. Existing and anticipated traffic and parking conditions; <br />2. Noise, glare, odors, vibration, smoke, dust, air pollution, heat, liquid or solid <br />waste, and other nuisance characteristics; <br />3. Drainage; <br />4. Population density; <br />5. Visual and land use compatibility with uses and structures on surrounding land; <br />adjoining land values; <br />6. Park dedications where applicable; and the <br />7. Orderly development of the neighborhood and the City within the general purpose <br />and intent ofthis ordinance and the Comprehensive Development Plan for the <br />City. <br /> <br />Findinl!s of Fact <br /> <br />Staff offers the following thirteen findings offact for the Planning Commission's consideration: <br /> <br />GeneralJ?indings: <br />1. The applicant is proposing to construct a 140 square foot, partially enclosed, smoking <br />deck adjacent to the existing structure. <br />2. The Blue Fox Bar and Grill is a Conditional Use in the B-3 zone <br />3. Exterior changes to the property require an amendment to the original Conditional Use <br />Permit. <br />4. While the property exceeds lot coverage limits, the proposed smoking deck does not <br />impact the lot coverage on the site. <br />5. The proposed smoking deck meets all setback requirements. <br />6. The proposed smoking deck will not have an impact on any landscaping or green space <br />within the site. <br />7. The proposed smoking deck does not meet the State requirement that the walls be a total <br />of at least 50 percent open. <br /> <br />On the Conditional Use Permit Amendment: <br />8. The proposed smoking deck is not expected to have any significant impact on traffic or <br />parking conditions. <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meetingfor December 5. 2007 <br /> <br />\\Ahdocs/IAHlAHdatalPlanning\P/anning Cases\2007\07-031 Blue Fox CUP Amendment (PENDING)\120507. PC Report - Blue Fox CUP <br />Amendmenl.doc <br /> <br />Page 5of7 <br />