CC RES 12-053 RESOLUTION DENYING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR RELIGIOU ASSEMBLY AT 3055 OLF HIGHWAY 8

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CITY OF SAINT ANTHONY VILLAGE RESOLUTION NO. 12-053 RESOLUTION DENYING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY AT 3055 OLD HIGHWAY 8 WHEREAS, on February 14, 2012, the City of Saint Anthony Village (the "City") received a request from Muxamedrashid Ali and Mr. Michael Medina(together, the "Applicant") for a Conditional Use Permit("CUP") to establish a place of religious assembly within a portion of the property located at 3055 Old Highway 8, legally described in Exhibit A to this Resolution (the "Property"); and WHEREAS, the Applicant has indicated there is a valid, enforceable purchase agreement with the owner of the Property; and WHEREAS, the Applicant has requested a CUP for a place of assembly for a portion of the building that is located on Parcel A of the Property and for required parking on Parcel B of the Property; and WHEREAS, the Property is located within the light industrial zoning district; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was properly noticed and held at the regularly scheduled May 15, 2012 Planning Commission meeting; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed and considered the request based on the record and related documents shown in the Applicant's application at the Planning Commission's special session on June 4, 2012; and WHEREAS, the City welcomes and makes available within its zoning districts space devoted to religious assembly uses; and WHEREAS, the Zoning Code allows places of religious worship as conditional uses within the City's residential zoning districts, which comprise a majority of the City's available space; and WHEREAS, at the time the Applicant filed its application, the Zoning Code allowed the conditional use of"assemblies, meeting lodges, and convention halls" within the City's light industrial and commercial zoning districts; and WHEREAS, on October 25, 2011, the City Council denied an application for a CUP to locate a Christian church in the light industrial zoning district, finding, among other things,that religious assemblies were an inappropriate use in the light industrial zoning district; and WHEREAS, the City staff has undertaken a Study for the Purpose of Considering Amendments to the City Zoning Code Regarding the Regulation of Assemblies, Meeting Lodges, and Convention Halls (the "Study"), which the City Council received at its June 12 meeting; and