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Draft February 22, 2010, Planning Commission Minutes B. Planning Case 09-016; Conditional Use Permit Amendment and Site Plan Review; 1900 Lake Valentine Road; Mounds View High School — Public Hea�ing City Planner Beekman reported that the applicant has requested a Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan Review to construct a single stand of bleachers and install a foul ball netting system behind home plate adj acent to the recently constructed ball field. She then provided background information and said that Staff offers the following seventeen findings of fact for the Planning Commission's consideration: Gene�al Findings: l. The applicant is proposing to construct a single stand of bleachers behind home plate adj acent to the baseball field located on the property. 2. The applicant is proposing to install a foul ball netting system that would be 50 feet in height and run behind home plate and along the length of the first . base llne. 3. Mounds View High School operates under a Conditional Use Permit in the R- 1 Zoning District. 4. The proposed bleachers and netting were not included on the Master Plan approved in Planning Case 84-001. A CUP amendment is required to include the bleachers and netting system. 5. Athletic fields and accessory equipment is permitted under the original CUP for Mounds View High School. 6. The proposed application will not exceed the lot coverage limits for the prop erty. 7. The proposed application meets all setback requirements. 8. The applicant is not proposing to remove any vegetation from the site. 9. The netting system exceeds the six foot height limitation for fences. 10. The purpose of the netting system is to improve the livability and security of adj acent properties. 11. The need for the netting system is driven by an unusual circumstance of having a high school campus and related athletic fields adj acent to residential properties. On the Conditzonal Use Pe�mitAmendment: 12. The proposed proj ect is not expected to have any significant impact on traffic or parking conditions since no change in the school population is expected and games would take place during off hours. 13. The proposed proj ect will not produce any permanent noise, glare, odors, vibration, smoke, dust, air pollution, heat, liquid, or solid waste. 14. The proposed proj ect will not impact storm water runoff since impervious surface is not significantly increased and no grading is taking place. 15. The proposed proj ect is not expected to have any impacts on school population or density.