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Date Application Received: 07/21/2025 Date Application Considered as Complete: 07/25/2025 60-Day Review Period Expires: 09/19/2025 To: Chair Bollis and Planning Commission Members Adam Edwards, City Administrator From: Matthew Karney, Planner Date: 18 August 2025 Subject: #LA25-000032, Brad Jans o/b/o Good Shepard Church, 3745 Shoreline Drive Conditional Use Permit – Public Hearing Background The subject property has been operating as Good Shepard Lutheran Church since 1959, and is an allowable land use by Conditional Use Permit (CUP). The site operates as a church as well as a daycare center. An amended CUP is required when there is an intensification of the use or uses subject to the CUP, this includes an increase in building square footage. The applicant requests to amend the existing CUP to allow for two additional storage buildings, one to support the church use and the other for the daycare use. The current proposal is for two 14-foot by 14-foot sheds (392 new square feet of storage), in the southwest corner of the parking lot. In 2020, the applicant received a CUP approval for two storage sheds in a similar location (LA20-000044), however, only 1 shed was constructed from the 2020 approval. One of the sheds was not constructed within a year of the CUP approval, as conditioned, and the other, a 64 square foot garden shed, was installed following issuance of a zoning permit. The approval for the shed that was not constructed has since expired. LA20-000044 approved the addition of 512 square feet in total of storage in two accessory buildings. Conditional Use Permit Analysis: The applicant has provided a cover letter, a site plan and hardcover calculations with their submittal. The applicant is communicating with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District regarding permitting. The 2020 approval of an amended CUP for storage sheds on the property utilized a location on the property that was identified as at least 25 feet from the estimated wetland edge on the southern portion of the property, and is measure from the site plan to be 35 feet away. An amended CUP is required when there is an intensification of the use or uses subject to the CUP, this includes an increase in building square footage. As the increase in square footage is attributed to storage and not for increases in area to the existing primary structure, many of the submittal items requested in Section 6.12.4060 are not applicable, such as aa floor plan. Per Section 6.12.1530(4), places of worship are permitted in LR-1C zoning by CUP, provided all buildings and structures are at least 50 feet from any adjacent property zoned for residential use. As the adjacent properties are also zoned LR-1C, the setback is applicable. The sheds are proposed to be located approximately 60 feet from the side property line, and are more than 50 feet from the other property lines. Application Summary: The applicant requests an amendment to an existing conditional use permit to construct two new accessory storage buildings. Staff Recommendation: Planning Staff recommends approval of the application as applied. 71