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Sunrise CUP November 12, 1999 Page 2 • CUP Discussion: Sunrise United Methodist Church has been serving Mounds View and the surrounding communities for 45 years, the last 42 at its present location on Long Lake Road and County Road I. The Church itself has been in the City longer than the City has even been a city! What this also means is that the existence of the Church predates the first zoning code, and predates the requirement for Churches to be conditionally permitted in residential districts, although staff has yet to determine when this requirement became adopted. Specific CUP Requirements: Section 1106.04 of the Zoning Code addresses conditionally permitted uses within the R-1 zoning district. Subdivision 1 of this Section addresses the specific CUP requirements for Churches, which are as follows, listed with responses relating to the present Sunrise facility and proposed expansion: a. Front yard depths shall be a minimum of thirty-five feet(352. The existing front yard setbacks for the Church are 90 feet along Long Lake Road and 47 feet along County Road I. The existing building meets this requirement, and with the sanctuary expansion, the setback along Long Lake decreases to 75 feet, yet still beyond that which is required. 11/ b. Side yards shall be no less than thirty feet(30). The sideyard building setbacks for the Church exceed 100 feet. There is a small single-story wood frame home on the Church site that serves as the parsonage (where the Pastor lives) which is set back 20 feet from the side property line, yet staff interprets the setback requirement to pertain to the Church itself, viewing the parsonage as an accessory building. This requirement, then, is met, before and after the expansion c.—.Aiinimum_lotarea_shall he no lesslhan-one (1) acre, or a I e• • g• subdivision 2b(3). (Ord 590, 11-25-96) The property the Church and its accessory structures occupies comprises 6.4 acres, of which nearly three acres is preserved as natural wetlands and upland woods. This requirement is met. d. Adequate screening from abutting residential uses and landscaping is provided in compliance with Section 1103.08 of this Title. With the exception of the expansion of the sanctuary, all of the development will occur away from either Long Lake Road or County Road I. The wetlands and uplands provide an expansive buffer to the south, while the parsonage and other accessory buildings and uses provide a sufficient buffer to the east. There is adequate landscaping on the site at present 41) which also adds to the screening and aesthetic appearance of the Church and grounds.