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• - 3 - Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Bowerman to recommend Council approval of the Conditional Use Permit for the Elmwood Lutheran Church which would allow the expansion of the existing sanctuary and the kitchen/fellowship hall areas as specifically indicated on the revised site plans for the project , marked as Exhibit A , finding that : 1 . There had been significant public input from the abutting property owners , the neighbors down the block, and representatives of the church . Z . Both the neighbors and the church representatives had agreed the revised proposal now adequately represented their interests . 3. The proposed 15 foot extension to the sanctuary and the 57 foot setback for the kitchen/fellowship hall addition are now perceived to minimize the proximity of the existing church to the abutting backyards of the single family residences along 36th Avenue N. E. , thereby avoiding further aggravation of an already potentially detrimental condition and resulting in an acceptable conditional use in that single family neighborhood. The Commission further stipulates that this permit request be granted only on the following conditions : a. That the church provide landscaping , including shrubbery, --� _ which would eliminate the necessity of mowing the grass on the embankment , -- - --- - -- -- -- - ---- - -- -- - b. take the necessary steps to prevent potentially damaging runoff from the church building onto neighbors ' property, C. agree that the proposed sanctuary should not be extended either east or west at any time in the future. Before a vote was taken, Commission Bowerman indicated he was concerned with foreclosing any possibility for further expansion of the sanctuary since he could envision that sometime in the distant future the church might acquire the abutting properties for such an expansion. Mr. Weilberg told him that the greatest concern of both the Antczak and Esau families was that no future owners of their properties would have to experience what they had with the first proposal . When Mr . Childs reminded him that future Councils would not necessarily be bound by the conditions if cir- cumstances should change , as they had since the existing church building had been constructed at a time when there were no abutting single family residences where the Antczak' s ar-d Esau ' s homes are now, the Commission consensus was the the wording of the last condition should be expanded to include "unless there is positive agreement with such expansion by the owners of the abutting prop- erties" . • The amended motion carried unanimously.