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REQUEST FOR ACTION TO ITEM NUMBER Planning Commission 5.3. AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY Plannin Se tember 14, 2010 Jerem Barnhart, Planning Manager ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Request by Elk River Lutheran Church for Conditional Use Permit for Church Facility at 19437 Evans Street, Public REVIEWED BY Hearing -Case No. CU 10-19 ACTION REQUESTED Interim Use Permit approval to permit an institutional use (Elk River Lutheran Church) at 19437 Evans Street for up to 5 years, subject to the following conditions: 1. Interim Use Permit shall expire December 31, 2015 or when Elk River Lutheran vacates the site, which ever occurs first. 2. As a Conditional Use Permit is not a Building Permit, the applicant shall apply for and receive all require permits. 3. The development shall meet all applicable fire codes. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION The review of this request is predicated on the City Council approving the Planned Unit Development Agreement amendment to permit institutional uses at the subject parcel (CU 10-18). Should the City Council not approve the CUP to amend the PUD agreement, the proper action would be to deny the application on the grounds that it is not permitted by zoning. Application The applicant requests approval to use approximately 10,000 square feet at 19437 Evans Street for a religious institutional use. Improvements to the space include the development of a 279-seat sanctuary, 8 classrooms, and 5 offices. The primary use of the space will take place on Sunday mornings. The offices would be used Monday -Friday for work and small classes. Other improvements to the space include bathrooms, and any building/ fire code required improvements. Parking is generallythe biggest concern in the siting of churches. Parking for the site will be provided via the existing parking lot to the west of the building. This parking lot includes 144 spaces south of the entrance, exceeding the required 93 spaces on site. The parking lot includes additional spaces to the north of the entrance drive, and due to the expected off-peak usage of the parking, parking is not expected to be a problem even on highest capacity days. It does not appear that nearby residential streets are a likely to be used as an alternative for parking, based on their distance from the entrances and significant natural impediments to access (fencing, ponds, rough terrain}.