09-19-2005 Planning Commission Packet

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#OS-3149 September 19,2005 " P:►ge 1 of 7 �� Date Application Received: 8-18-05 Date Application Considered as Complete: 9-6-OS � 60-D�y Review Period Expires: 11-5-OS To: Chair Ralm and Planning Commission Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator From: Janice Gundlach, City Plaruler� Date: Septeinber 16, 2005 Subject: OS-3149, John Thiesse on behalf of Trinity Lutheran Church, 2060 Sixth , Avenue N, Conditional Use Permit, Public Hearing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zoning District: RR— 1B, One Family Rural Residential District(2 acre min.) Lot Area: 4.86 acres (211,687 s.f.) Lot Width: 556 feet (200' required) Application Sacrrimary: Applicant requests a conditional use permit to allow construction of additions to the existing church operating tuider the controls of several conditional use permits, also includiiig re-paving, re-orientation, and enlargement of the existing parking lot. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the requested coi�ditional use permit subject to the reconlmendations of the City Engineer. Should the recoinmendations of the City Engineer not be received prior to Monday's meeting, or if the recommendation require revisions which may cliange the layout of the site, the application should be tabled to the October nleeting. The Plaiuiing Coinmission should consider the requested front yard parking setback variance with staff offering the following with respect to hardship: Staff finds thcrt dzce to the extensive �•ight-of-��try ��idth ��long the no�°th side of Sixth Avenue N�rnc�the topog�°aphy of the lot�°eltctai�e to gccining mo�•e Zevel stalls, ther�e nzcry be a hardship to��cn°rccnt ap roval of a. vcJ�°iance fo�•construction of this pa.rkin . Pertinent Zoning Ordinance Sections Sec. 78-418. Conditional uses. Within any RR-1B one-family rural residential district, no structure or land shall be used for the following uses without a conditional use perniit: (3) Churches, including those related struchires located on the same site which are an integral pai-t of the church proper, and convents or homes for persons related to a religious fiuiction on the same site, provided no building other than a residence shall be located within 50 feet of any lot line of an abutting lot in 1n R district. Sec. 78-151 l. Setbacks for parking. Required off--street plrking ii1 all districts shall meet the following setback requirements: (1) R dist�°zcts. ... Opeii parking spaces on lots must have a location other than a required y1rd, except that such parking may be located in a rear yard to within ten feet of an interior side lot line and to witlun ten feet of a rear lot line.