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May 29, 2012 Page 4 h. Row 8 (east): 28 stalls Total parking on site without building: 220 stalls 3. Total legal parking stalls: 304 As shown from the numbers above, the site with the building on it (84 stalls) does not have enough parking to serve all of the proposed uses. Parking will be needed from the adjacent parcel in order to meet the parking requirements of the City's Zoning Code. Combined the two parcels have 304 parking stalls which exceeds the larger parking requirement of 266 spaces. As noted by the applicant, the City's Zoning Code requires parking spaces to be at least 9 feet by 19 feet. If the parking spaces are currently striped larger than required, they could be modified to meet the minimum standards and additional spaces could be provided on site. Sianase The Applicant has not submitted a sign request at this time. The Applicant must obtain a sign permit from the City prior to the installation of any signage. 3. Ordinance Authority. Title XV Land Usage, Chapter 152 Zoning Code, Section 152.142 Permitted Conditional Uses in the Light Industrial District, allows (G) Assembly, meeting lodge or convention halls. As noted previously, an interpretation of `assembly' could include a religious `assembly'. 4. Criteria for Conditional Use Approval. Title XV Land Usage, Chapter 152 Zoning Code, Section 152.243, C: City Council Action, lists the criteria the City Council must consider in determining whether to grant or deny a conditional use permit. The applicable criteria include: (1) The use is one of the conditional uses specifically listed for the district in which the property is located; (2) The City Council has specified all conditions which the City Council deems necessary to make the use compatible with other uses in the area; (3) The use will not be detrimental to the health, safety or general welfare of persons residing or working in the vicinity or to the values of property in the vicinity; and (4) The use will provide a service or a facility which is in the interest of public convenience and will contribute to the general welfare. 5. Criteria Evaluation. The criteria above are evaluated below with regard to the application before the Planning Commission. Assuming the City Council, in its legislative capacity, determines that "assembly" within the Light Industrial zone includes religious assembly uses, staff recommends that each of the criteria as met as follows: (1) The use is one of the conditional uses specifically listed for the district in which the property is located, Although the City's Zoning Ordinance does not specifically define `assembly', an interpretation of `assembly' could include religious assemblies. Title XV, Chapter 152, Section 152.142, (G) of the Zoning Ordinance includes assembly, meeting lodge or convention halls as a `permitted conditional use'. Criteria met.