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This criterion remains met as the site location has not changed. The abutting interstate <br />to the south is 694. <br />3) Landing pads shall meet the following setbacks: <br />a. at least 320' from multi -family residential uses; <br />This criterion is met. The center of the pad, or the landing area, is generally in the same <br />location — 340' to the closest corner of The View apartments. <br />b. at least 820' from single family residential uses; <br />This criterion is met. The location of the center of the pad has not moved any farther <br />north (closest single family homes) than the previous design — making the pad 840' from <br />the closest single family home. <br />at least 800' from schools, churches, nursing homes, or similar types of public <br />institutional uses; and <br />This criterion is met. The location of the center of the pad has not moved any farther <br />south (closest institutional uses) than the previous design — making the pad 850' from the <br />New Brighton Community Center. <br />d. at least 2500' from another helipad. <br />This criterion is met — no other helipads in the area. <br />4) Landing pads shall be reasonably screened from public rights-of-way of minor arterial status <br />or greater and include a 36" hedge and/or wall combination around the perimeter. <br />This criterion is minimally impacted by the proposed changes. The previous design provided <br />for a 36" screen while a helicopter was present on the pad. By needing to elevate the pad <br />36", there isn't any screening of the helicopter itself anymore, while present on the pad. <br />However, a wall and 36" hedge surrounding the pad still remains an element of the Site <br />Plan, screening the pad when not in use. Staff believes this criterion remains met as the <br />intent was never to screen the entire helicopter, as that is nearly impossible, but to screen the <br />pad itself when not in use. <br />5) A maximum of 20 landings per calendar year. A landing shall be defined as an arrival and a <br />departure associated with the same trip. Flight logs shall be kept and made available to City <br />staff for review to confirm compliance with this section. <br />This criterion is met. The applicant doesn 't propose any changes that would not comply with <br />this standard. <br />6) Landings shall not be permitted during the hours of 7pm — 7am Monday thru Friday. <br />Weekend and holiday landings are prohibited. <br />This criterion is met. The applicant doesn't propose any changes that would not comply with <br />this standard. <br />7) Permitted flights paths, helicopter type, and decibel level standards shall be specified at the <br />time of approval and be determined based on the characteristics of surrounding property, <br />including but not limited to, vegetated cover, topography, and proximity to residential uses. <br />