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Planning Case No. 452-96 New Apostolic Church; 3025 County Road H September 4, 1996 Page 11 (8) Adequate utilities,access roads,drainage and necessary facilities have been or will be provided. The New Apostolic Church proposed to hold Sunday School at 8:45-9:30 AM and two Sunday church services: 10:00-11:00 AM and 5:00-6:00 PM. The Church also holds a Wednesday evening service from 8:00-9:00 PM. The current congregation is approximately 55 people. Because the use is a church, rather than residential homes, it is not anticipated to create a demand on parks or schools. Both water and sewer service adequate to support this use is available to this site. The site is served by two streets, County Road H and Pleasant View Drive. Given the limited number of services, and the size of the congregation, the amount of traffic is anticipated to be low and will occur on weekends or evenings rather than during peak commute times. The City Engineer has reviewed the applicant's drainage proposal and has indicated that the rate of runoff should not be a problem and the grass treatment areas will provide enough water quality treatment. Drainage will now be directed to County Road H and will flow through grassed areas to allow sediments to percolate before runoff water leaves the site. Recommendations from the City Engineer that the grass treatment areas be seeded rather than sodded are addressed as a contingency in the resolution on the development review. (The City Engineer's letter is attached.) The Rice Creek Watershed District has indicated to staff that a permit from them is not required. (2) The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value and there will be no deterrence to development of vacant land. (3) The structure and site shall have an appearance that will not have an adverse effect upon adjacent residential properties. This proposal would result in a church development on a single residential lot measuring one-half acre, which would be the smallest site used for a church in Mounds View. The next smallest site is 1.59 acres (or three times as large) and the average size site is 3.7 acres. The actual size of the lot is less of an issue than how it relates to the size of the building, its seating capacity, and the number of parking spaces needed. The need to accommodate a 1027 square foot building footprint and 31 parking spaces affects the ability to provide buffer areas along the perimeter of the parking lot. The proposal is for a church having 125 seats. It is our understanding that the congregation is approximately 55 people. The applicant has indicated that this denomination builds churches of various sizes, including churches having 50 seats and 70 seats. • The applicant has provided a 12 foot wide landscaped buffer area along the east property