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Aft PLANNING CASE NO. 449-96 VI JULY 10, 1996 PAGE THREE OF FIVE not require any additional parking since the proposed expansion will not create any, additional parking needs which the existing parking area could not adequately provide. He states, the office space on the floor plan would be occupied by only three people; the church Pastor, secretary and Associate in Christian Children. The secretary and A.C.E. would only use the offices during the week. The Church provides grades K thru six, Youth and one Pre School all of which are held between the regular worship services. One meeting room will be designated as the nursery room. The nursery would be occupied during worship services. Section 1121.13 under"Church" states a parking computation for seating, and expressly provides, "Facilities as may be in conjunction with such buildings or uses, shall be subject to additional requirements which are imposed by the Title." An elementary classroom in the Code requires at least one parking space for each classroom plus one additional space for each 50 student capacity. Representatives from the Church have stated that they anticipate having less than 50 children in the expansion. The main worship area has 287.8 lineal feet of seating. The choir has 21 individual chairs. Thus, under the Municipal Code parking requirements, these two facilities would require 46 parking spaces, of which two spaces are required to be accessible spaces. Currently, 53 parking sites are available on the site with three of those spaces (one of which is proposed on the site plan) designated for accessible parking. This is in conformance with State requirements for accessible parking requirements. The site plan shows an additional fourteen parking spaces proposed to the North of the existing parking area. The Church is requesting that they may be allowed to phase in