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7 LAKE ELMO PLANNING COMMISSION' STAFF REPORT Date: March 23, 2006 for the Meeting of March 27, 2006 Applicant: Lakewo od Evangelical Free Church Location: Southeast Quadrant of Keats Avenue and State Highway 36 ' Requested Action: Section 520 Site Plan Land an Use Plan Guiding: PF Existing Zoning: PF Site History and Existing Conditions: On April 28, 2005 the -City Council approved several concurrent applications related to the 201acre site for which this Site Plan is here presented. Regarding this site, the City approved a Preliminary Plat creating the site and the public road that would serve the site; a Comprehensive Plan Amendment changing the classification of the site from RAD to PF, a rezoning of the site from RR to PF; and a Conditional Use Permit for a church facility on the 20 acre site. No Sectionl520 Site Plan was approved at that time, however. An OP Concept Plan was also approved for the balance of the overall 108 acres owned by the applicant by a separate action. The Preliminary Plat responsive to that Concept Plan appears elsewhere on this agenda. No anal Plat or Development Agreement has been approved for any of the overall 108 acre site. Subsequent to the 2005 approvals Valley Branch Watershed District issued a grading permit for the north portion of the 108 acres site (including the subject 20 acres and public street). The City Engineer also reviewed and approved the installation of water main in the public street. That installation was inspected during construction by City consultants, and includes trunk water main needed by the City for system looping purposes The City Engineer is now preparing plans Band specifications to extend City water main from the Sanctuary neighborhood to the Discover Crossing neighborhoods and then to this site during 2006. Discussion and Analysis: This Staff Report addresses only the compliance with PF standards for "Places of Worship" other applicable City Codes for the Section 520 Site Plan submitted for the 200 acre parcel. findings regarding compliance are as follows: I. All PF zoning structure set backs appear to be complied with. 2. While there are no parking set back standards specific to the PF zone, Section 300.13, Subdivision 6 specifies that there shall be no off-street parking within 20 feet of a public street right-of-way. The applicant proposes 15 off-street parking spaces closer than 20 feet from the public street right-of-way at the northwest comer of the parking lot. A'isite redesign or variance will be necessary. 3. Sufficient parking lot interior landscape islands are provided. 4. The exterior materials performance standards for the PF zoning district were not amended in 2002 as were those of the commercial zoning districts. A copy of those PF standards is