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• • AGENDA ITEM V. B STAFF ORIGINATOR: Mary Kay Wyland DATE: February 9, 2000 TOPIC: PUBLIC HEARING, Conditional Use Permit Shiloh Church, 1189 Main Street BACKGROUND Shiloh Church of Lino Lakes has approached the Lino Lakes Senior Citizens requesting permission to use their space at 1189 Main Street (the old City Hall) for church services. The property is Zoned Rural. Churches are only allowed with a conditional use permit (CUP). The Seniors lease a portion of the City's building at 1189 Main Street. The Seniors asked the City Council in October last year if it would be acceptable for them to schedule other groups in their space. The City Council was comfortable with this, and they agreed that the Seniors could do so. However, neither staff nor the City Council knew the contemplated use was a church. When staff learned this, after the church began using the facility, we advised them they needed a CUP. The Shiloh Church has, therefore, submitted this application for a CUP to use the old City Hall building for their church services. In addition to the church needing a CUP, the City's lease with the Seniors did not provide for other users. City staff has reviewed that lease and is revising it to ensure that the Seniors can schedule other users in the building and that a church can be accommodated. The Seniors will be able to schedule their leased space according to guidelines in the lease document. These guidelines will include churches with a CUP. Required CUP Findings and Criteria As stated in Section 2 Subd. 2 of the Zoning Ordinance (Conditional Use Permits), the Planning and Zoning Board shall recommend a conditional use permit and the Council shall order the issuance of such permit only if it finds that such use at the proposed location: a. Will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, convenience or general welfare of the neighborhood or the City. b. Will be harmonious with the general and applicable specific plans and policies of the comprehensive plan of the City and this ordinance.