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3.The Planning Commission reviewed this application on March 15, 1999 and recommended approval on a vote of 6 to 0. 4. The Planning Commission made the following findings of fact: 5. C. A. The proposed improvements to the parking lot will increase the amount of parking for students and provide a safer ingress and egress for buses and vehicular traffic by separating the buses from the passenger vehicles and by changing the driveway curb cuts to be perpendicular to Old Crystal Bay Road. B. The reduced setback, from 50’ to 40 ’ will not detract from the surrounding area, the school campus, or interfere with safe travel on Old Crystal Bay Road. The large amounts of parking area will require landscaping to reduce their visual impact. Pedestrian circulation shall be controlled and crossing points limited to minimize vehicular conflicts and reduce turf maintenance in the island. D. Construction of the stormwater management pond north of the parking area and the grading for the paved areas require a land alteration permit. The amount of land to be moved, graded or fill is___________cubic yards. The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) has jurisdiction over the wetland areas and will review and approve the grading and drainage plan. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the variance would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring properties, would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessarv’ to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicant; and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. Page 2 of 7