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• • Public, Educational, and Religious Uses in GB & LB page 9 of 17 Recommended Amendments to Zoning Ordinance Based on the above analysis, the zoning ordinance should be amended to accomplish the following: • Add Public, Educational, and Religious Buildings as conditional uses to the LB and GB zoning districts. • Setbacks must be consistent within the same zoning district for both categories: "Public, Educational, and Religious Buildings" and "Private Lodges and Clubs ". The normal setbacks from residential districts in the LB and GB zoning districts should apply. • Delete the term "commercial" from building requirements paragraphs in LB and GB. • Clarify that a lodge or club and public /educational /religious building must meet screening requirements for "business or industrial use" listed in Sec. 3, Subd. 4.Q • Clear up ambiguity for parking screening: to avoid confusion, use consistent language for lodge or club and public/ educational /religious. The proposed amendments accomplish these things and create the same conditions for both categories of uses. The amendments listed below include text to be added, shown as underlined, and text to be deleted, shown as 5tfikeelit. 1) Add Public, Educational, and Religious Buildings as conditional uses to the LB and GB zoning districts by adding the following text: Section 7 Subd. 2 LB, Limited Business, and Subd. 3 GB, General Business H. Conditional Uses Public, Educational, and Religious Buildings. Public or semi -public recreational buildings and neighborhood or community centers; limited to nursery, elementary, junior high and senior high schools; and religious institutions such as churches, chapels, temples, mosque, and synagogues provided that: a. Screening from residential uses and landscaping is provided in compliance with requirements for business or industrial uses in Section 3, Subd. 4.Q of this Ordinance b. Adequate off -street parking and access is provided on the site or on lots directly abutting directly across a public street or alley to the principal use in compliance with Section 3, Subd. 5. of this Ordinance c. Parking is screened and landscaped in compliance with requirements for business or industrial uses in Section 3, Subd. 4.0 of this Ordinance —65—