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Planning Commission Minutes July 25. 2000 Page 3 COMMISSIONER CHAMBER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. . 5.2. Reauest by River of life Church to Construct a Church in the A 1 District. Public Hearina - Case No. CU 00-24 Staff report by Michele McPherson. The River of Life Church requests a conditional use permit to allow construction of a 23,550 square foot church in the A 1 (Agricultural) district, in the southeast corner of the intersection of County Road 1 and 2171h Avenue NW. Ms. McPherson explained that in 1996, an administrative subdivision was approved for the church to subdivide a 53 acre parcel into two 10 acre parcels and a 28 acre parcel. The two 10 acre parcels have since been sold and the church is proposing to build on the remaining 28 acre parcel. Ms. McPherson explained that Phase 1 includes a multi-purpose facility and a building with space for classrooms. offices. storage, and nursery space. Plans for Phase 2 have not been submitted and would need to be reviewed and approved prior to construction. She then covered issues associated with the proposed site plan regarding setbacks. parking, lot coverage (10%). building elevations and materials (pre-cast concrete tip-up panels), access and parking, grading, landscaping, sidewalk, dumpster location, and signage. Staff recommends approval of the request with the conditions outlined in the staff report. . Commissioner Pederson asked if a second access is being required. Ms. McPherson explained that a second access is recommended to promote better traffic flow through the site at peak times. Chair Mesich asked if staff felt the second access would be approved by the County. Ms. McPherson stated that the County Highway Engineer's office actually prefers the County Road 1 access, as the primary access, because the site lines are better there than at 2171h Avenue. Commissioner Baker asked what the surrounding land uses are. Ms. McPherson stated that the property surrounding the site is agricultural. Commissioner Baker stated that he felt the site would be screened fairly well from County Road 1, but questioned the visibility from 2171h. Ms. McPherson stated that there is one parcel across 2171h, but that it is fairly difficult to see the residence from the church property. Ms. McPherson stated that she received one phone call from a neighboring resident who expressed no opposition to the church's request. Discussion followed regarding staff's recommendation to move the 2171h access as far east as possible. Commissioner Kuester asked if the 2171h would be improved, since it is a gravel road at this time. Terry Maurer, City Engineer, explained that he is recommending that the church be responsible for paving 217th from the church entrance to the intersection with County Road 1. Chair Mesich opened the public hearing. . Gary Demele, project engineer, stated that the church is unsure of a timeline for Phase 2 at this time. He felt that there would be no problem in working with staff