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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Resolution No. 475-96 <br />September 18, 1996 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission does hereby make the following findings of fact <br />regarding this conditional use permit request with respect to the criteria set forth in Section <br />1125.01 Subd. 3.b. for the review of conditional use permits. The criteria are noted below, and <br />have been grouped to avoid repetitive findings. <br /> <br />(1) <br /> <br />The use will not create an excessive burden on existing park<;, schools, streets and other public facilities and <br />utilities will serve or are proposed to sen'e the area. <br /> <br />(7) <br /> <br />The use will not cause traffic hazards or congestion. <br /> <br />(8) <br /> <br />Adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and necessary facilities have been or will be provided. <br /> <br />The New Apostolic Church proposes to hold Sunday School at 8:45-9:30 AM and two <br />Sunday church services: 10:00-11:00 AM and 5:00-6:00 PM. The Church also holds a <br />Wednesday evening service from 8:00-9:00 PM. The current congregation is <br />approximately 55 people. Because the use is a church, rather than residential homes, it <br />is not anticipated to create a demand on parks or schools. Both water and sewer service <br />adequate to support this use is available to the site. The site is served by two streets, <br />County Road H and Pleasant View Drive. Given the limited number of services and the <br />size of the congregation, the amount of traffic is anticipated to be low and will occur on <br />weekends or evening rather than during peak commute times. <br /> <br />The City Engineer has reviewed the applicant's drainage proposal and indicated that the <br />rate of runoff should not be a problem and the grass treatment areas will provide enough <br />water quality treatment. Drainage will now be directed to County Road H and will flow <br />through grassed areas to allow sediments to percolate before runoff water leaves the site. <br />Recommendations from the City Engineer that the grass treatment areas be seeded rather <br />than sodded are addressed as a contingency in the resolution on the development review. <br />The Rice Creek Watershed District has indicated to staff that a permit from them is not <br />required. The proposal meets criteria (1), (7) and (8) stated above. <br /> <br />(2) <br /> <br />The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned <br />or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value and there will be no deterrence to <br />development of vacant land. <br />The structure and site shall have an appearance that will not have an adverse effect upon adjacent residential <br />properties. <br /> <br />(3) <br /> <br />This proposal would result in a church development on a single residential lot measuring <br />one-half acre, which would be the smallest site used for a church in Mounds View. The <br />next smallest site is 1.59 acres (or three times as large) and the average size site is 3.7 <br />acres. The proposed structure is 1-1/2 stories high with a wall height of 13.5 to 16 feet, <br />and an overall height of 26.5 to 29.5 feet above grade. The proposed footprint is 1054 <br />feet. The typical homes in this neighborhood are one story bungalow-style homes, which <br />