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I <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />I I <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />June 12 ,2012 <br />Page 3 <br />B. <br />Motion carried unanimously. <br />Resolution 12-053; Approving a Conditional Use Permit for Religious Assembly at 3055 <br />Old Highway 8. <br />Interim City Planner Corkle presented the proposed Conditional Use Permit for religious <br />assembly at 3055 Old Highway 8, noting the area proposed for religious assembly is confined to <br />the lower part of the south building with a greeting area in a portion of the north building, with <br />the remainder of the building to remain office/tenant space. She indicated the assembly hours <br />include daily prayer from I :00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and evening worship and food sharing during <br />Ramadan. She reviewed the parking requirements for the CUP use and stated parking was <br />calculated using both parcels. She advised the total number of spaces required is 266 and total <br />parking available is 283 according to the applicant. She noted that the applicant has indicated <br />the current parking spaces are larger than required by the City Code and it is possible an <br />additional 20 parking spaces could be provided per the appl icant. She added the Planning <br />Commission received the study on June 4,2012, and recommended approval of the CUP subject <br />to conditions. <br />Councilmember Roth asked if the City has verified that the parking spaces are to Code or <br />whether the City has measured the parking spaces. <br />Interim City Planner Corkle replied the applicant has indicated the parking spaces are 20' long <br />and the City Code requires 19' long spaces; if that is the case, there is the potential to add <br />additional parking stalls. <br />Councilmember Roth stated the CUP app li cation indicates there will be daily prayer but it was <br />his understanding the Islamic faith prays five times per day. <br />Interim City Planner Corkle stated the CUP application states there will be dai ly prayer from <br />I :00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. She deferred to the applicant for further questions regarding daily prayer, <br />evening worship and food sharing during Ramadan. <br />Counci lm ember Stille requested confi rmati on that schoo ls are not included as a permitted use in <br />the LI district. He asked if the appli cant has been made aware that schools are not a permitted <br />use. <br />Interim City Planner Corkle stated that schools are not a permitted use and the applicant has been <br />made aware that schools are not a permitted use. <br />Mr. Ali Giarushi, 6720 132 nd Street N., White Bear Lake, MN 55110, appeared before the City <br />Council on behalf of the Abu-Huraira Islamic Center and stated they pray five times per day but <br />prayer does not have to take place at the Islamic Center. He indicated that daily prayer from <br />I :00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Islamic Center will only occur on Fridays and stated that Friday is <br />their holy day. He added that during Ramadan, they are fasting from sunrise to sundown and at <br />sundown people are allowed to come to the Islamic Center to break fasting and participate in