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. . . Planning Commission Minutes April 23, 1996 Page 4 Staff report by Steve Ach. Sf. Andrews Catholic Church is requesting a conditional use permit to construct a church addition to its existing facility located at the northeast corner of Irving Street and 4th Avenue. This area is zoned Rlc (Single Family Residential) and R2 (Two Family Residential) / MR (Medium Density Residential). The new church will be approximately 23,000 square feet and initially have 1,000 seats, expandable to 1,500 seats. Along with the church, a new parking lot facility and upgrading of their current parking facilities will be included. To complete construction of the new church and parking lot, THE existing house on site will need to be removed. The existing school, rectory, youth center and church will remain on site. The church is bordered on the west and south by residential streets. Proper buffering along the north edge of the property will be recommended as part of the site improvements. The zoning ordinance requires one parking space per three seats of the main seating area. Based on 1,000 seats proposed at this time, 333 on site parking spaces would be required. However, the church will not be able to provide the required number of stalls on-site; therefore will have to utilize the on street parking on Irving and 4th Street. The church also has parking spots located at the Mork Clinic. Steve Ach summarized some of the outstanding issues relating to the site plan. . In order to define primary drive aisles and provide for some landscaping opportunities within the parking area, it is recommended that some landscape/traffic control islands be installed within the parking area. . Based on the number of parking stalls on site, two additional handicap stalls may be required. . The eastern-most entrance onto 4th Avenue would be best located to align with Holt A venue immediately to the south. This will avoid any minimal offsets and improve traffic circulation. This may require relocating a street light and street sign. . The new entrance onto Gates A venue is wide enough to accommodate one lane entering the site and two exiting. This certainly will improve the ability for vehicles leaving the site; therefore, staff would recommend extending the widened section a little bit further west to improve the stacking distance for both the left and right hand turn move leaving the church onto Gates A venue. . The angled parking along 4th Avenue includes a couple of stalls at each end of the row that should probably be removed and striped for no parking. Removing these stalls will improve visibility as vehicles are