Planning Commission Resolution 480-96

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. . . Planning Commission Resolution 480-96 September 18, 1996 Page 4 The applicant has testified of the difficulty encountered by his clients in trying to find vacant property which would allow development of a church near to where most of the church members live. The church congregation includes members who live in the Mounds View area. There appears to be a demonstrated need for the use. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission does hereby make the following findings of fact regarding this conditional use permit request with respect to the criteria set forth in Section 1125.01 Subd. 3.b. for the review of conditional use permits: The criteria are noted below, and have been grouped to avoid repetitive findings. (1) The use will not create an excessive burden on existing parks, schools, streets and other public facilities and utilities which serve or are proposed to serve the area. (7) The use will not cause traffic hazards or congestion. (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 sufficient water quality treatment. Drainage will now be directed to County Road Hand 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 Rice Creek Watershed District has indicated to staff that a permit from them is not required. The proposal meets the criteria (1), (7) and (8) stated above.