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_ _- Item # 5 City of Mounds View Planning Commission Report Meeting Date: March 15, 2000 Title: PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION REGARDING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW REQUESTED BY MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH. Introduction: Messiah Lutheran Church, (herein after referred to as simply "Messiah") located at 2848 County Road H2, has requested city approval of a conditional use permit and development review to allow for an expansion of their facility. The subject property is zoned R-1, which allows churches as a conditional use. Currently, Messiah does not have a conditional use permit. The development review is necessary according to Section 1006.06 of the City Code, which requires that any development, redevelopment or expansion of existing facilities be reviewed by the Planning Commission and City Council. Bacltground: Messiah has been at its present location in Mounds View since 1941, when a white wood framed structure was built on what is now the back parking lot of Luther Hall at the southwest corner of Knollwood Drive and County Road H2. By 1951, the basement of Luther Hall was constructed with the main floor of the church added in 1956. The present Church structure across the street on the southeast corner of Knollwood and H2 was built in 1961, with an expansion occurring again in 1974, The old church building (now Luther Hall) was remodeled to serve as youth education space. The building expansion, which is proposed in two phases, will be of brick and would match the architecture and design of the existing building. The first phase of the proposed expansion will involve two small additions totaling 5,220 square feet to the church and a partial parking lot removal and replacement. The west single-story addition will add office space and a meeting room while the two-story addition on the east side will add a more spacious lobby and �athering area, more classroom space, a larger mechanical room, an elevator and restrooms. Two houses owned by the Church, 7225 Knollwood Drive and 2824 County Road H2, will be removed to make room for the expansion. The second phase of the proposed expansion will involve more ambitious building additions, which would serve as an expanded worship area and classroom space. The construction of the second phase, which is proposed in three to five years, would add approximately 27,505 square feet to the building.