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Planning & Zoning Board June 12, 2002 Page 4 APPROVED MINUTES Mr. Corson inquired about the c oncrete slab. Mr. Anderson re plied it was a concrete slab that was proposed to extend th e entire parking lot. He stat ed they might do concrete on the whole parking lot and not asphalt. Ms. Lane made a MOTION to recommend approval of the proposed Site Plan Review with the five conditions as outlined in staff’s report. The motion was supported by Mr. Hyden. Motion carried 4-0. B.Russian Baptist Church, Ash St./Baldwin Lk. Rd., Site Plan Re view and Conditional Use Permit Staff presented the application by Russian Ba ptist Church for a Site Plan Review and Conditional Use Permit. Staff reviewed the background of the lot by ex plaining the proposed site was in the far southwestern corner of the Ci ty, west of Baldwin Lake Road and north of Ash Street. The property, which is 4.6 acres in size, is zone d Rural. Since churches are listed as a Conditional Use in a Rural Zone , a Conditional Use Permit has also been applied for. Staff indicated the Church cu rrently had approximately 180 members. The church was now renting space in Spring Lake Park for their meetings and parrish needs, and had applied for a Site Plan Review and Conditiona l Use Permit in order to construct a church of their own. Staff presented its analysis by explaining th e site was a 4.6-acre lo t fronting Ash Street (County Road J). The northern half of th e property was wooded, w ith a wetland in the northwest quarter. The Southern half of the property was largely open grassland. The west border of the property abut s the rear lot lines of residential homes along Indian Hills Drive in Circle Pines. The northern border abuts the back half of a property located on Baldwin Lake Road in Lino Lakes. The eas t border of the propert y abuts the rear lot lines of three homes also along Baldwin La ke Road, as well as a neighboring home on Ash Street. To the south, across Ash Stre et in Shoreview, are residential homes. Staff indicated the Site was zoned Rural. Churches were listed as a Conditional Use in such a district with the following provisions: 1. Side yard setbacks shall not be less than fifty (50) feet. 2. Adequate screening from abutting reside ntial uses and landscaping is provided in compliance with the landscape and screen ing regulations of Section 3 of the Zoning Ordinance. 3. Adequate off-street parking and access is provided on the site…and such parking is adequately screened and landscaped from surrounding and abutting residential uses in compliance with Section 3, subd. 4.S of the Zoning Ordinance. 4. Adequate off-street loading and servi ce entrances are provided and regulated where applicable by Section 3, subd. 6 of this ordinance.