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A. The excavation of 200 cubic yards of peat from the wetland w»d have a <br />negligible affect on the 150 acre wetland. <br />B. The excavation of open water areas will enhance w ildlife habitat. <br />C. Portions of this wetland have already been excavated for the purposes of <br />retrieving peat for the past thirty years without any negative impact on the <br />wetland or the existing wildlife habitat. <br />4. <br />5. <br />D. The excavation of ponding areas will improve water storage and provide a <br />sediment trap. <br />E. The regrading of banks adjacent to the open water areas will encourage <br />more beneficial wetland/aquatic vegetation. <br />The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to <br />it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting <br />the variance would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire <br />hazard or other danger to neighboring properties; would not merely serve as a <br />convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship <br />or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the ipplicant; <br />and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and <br />Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />The City Council finds that granting a conditional use permit to allow the annual <br />mining of 200 cubic yards of peat from the wetland during the winter months of <br />1996/1997 will not be detrimental to the health, safety or general welfare of the <br />public, would not adversely affect light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger <br />to neighboring properties, nor will its use depreciate surrounding property values <br />and that the proposed level of use of the property will be in kecking with the intent <br />and objectives of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />Page 2 of 5