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September 24th, 2024 Page 9 The original submittals proposed an operation that includes daily delivery of students to and from the site by automobile. Up to 100 students are expected to participate in the programs offered on the property, with between 10 and 20 staff members. The applicants expect to provide programming and/or staff presence generally between 9:00am and 7:00pm. Because the use is not a childcare or school facility, the applicants indicate that they are not required to have any outside licensing. The applicants originally stated that they anticipate no outdoor programming as a part of the site usage, however, the revised plans provide an outdoor play/recreation space. In addition, the applicants have indicated that other accessory activities may occur outdoors. Site and Building Improvements. Parking and Building Capacity. With regard to capacity of the religious worship space, the zoning ordinance does not establish any limitation. However, such facilities are required to provide off-street parking at a rate of one space per 2.5 person capacity (not including spaces reserved for staff and employees on a one-space-per-employee basis). The illustrated site plan provides a total of 76 parking spaces. The applicants should provide additional information relating to the number of staff during peak times that services are being held, and will be required to scale the religious services capacity to meet the remaining parking supply. By way of example only, if there are 10 employees, the remaining available parking will be a total of 66 spaces, yielding a capacity for services of 165 assembled attendants (66 times 2.5). The applicants have not provided detail on interior space remodeling. Initially, this was not a concern given the nature of the use as originally described. However, with the religious services creating the possibility that site capacity can create congestion on the adjoining public streets, this information should be provided by the applicant for further review and verification that the site can handle the possible traffic generated by the assembly use. Access. With the greater utilization of the parking lot, access to the site is at issue. Hennepin County is in the process of planning for changes to Kenzie Terrace, which currently shows two access points to this site, in addition to an existing access to Stinson Parkway on the west side of the site. Of the two driveways to Kenzie, the easterly of the two is aligned with the intersection to Lowry Avenue, south of Kenzie. The westerly of the two is just over 100 feet from the Lowry/Kenzie/Stinson intersection. This driveway access should be closed as a condition of PUD approval for this site plan and use (the removal of this driveway was also a condition of the prior multi-family PUD). Site and Landscaping Improvements. In regard to the parking lot area, staff strongly supports the “greening” of the parking area as an aspect of PUD review. For any PUD, the City should find that there are aspects of the project, such as site development amenities or other design factors, that help offset the City’s approval of flexibility from its base zoning standards. The green space in the amended site plan is both an aesthetic improvement, as well as an important environmental consideration in reducing impervious surface and the impact on stormwater runoff and quality. 53