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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes <br />August 20, 2024 <br />Page 4 <br />1 <br />3.2 Close the westerly of the two access driveways to Kenzie Terrace and add green <br />3 space and landscaping to replace the driveway removal. <br />4 <br />4.5 Provide a more detailed landscaping plan that identifies the proposed planting <br />6 materials in the illustrated green spaces on the site, as well as the existing green <br />7 spaces at the perimeter of the site, including a maintenance plan for improving <br />8 those overgrown areas. <br />9 <br />5.10 Provide information on the outdoor play area, including surfacing, amenities or <br />11 structures in the play area, and method of separation from the adjacent driveway <br />12 (fencing, etc.). <br />13 <br />14 To recommend approval of the amendment, the Planning Commission should consider <br />15 findings such as the following, and others generated by the discussion and public hearing: <br />16 <br />1.17 The land use plan chapter of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan identifies the site for <br />18 Commercial Uses. <br />19 <br />2.20 The 2040 Comprehensive Plan includes a variety of mixed use opportunities on <br />21 Commercial property. <br />22 <br />3.23 The current Kenzie Terrace PUD District references the R-4 District for <br />24 alternatives to the approved PUD plans. <br />25 <br />4.26 The R-4 District includes religious assembly uses as an allowed use, and by <br />27 extension, these uses are allowable in the Kenzie Terrace PUD District. <br />28 <br />5.29 The proposed use is a reasonable adaptive re-use of an existing vacant building and <br />30 property. <br />31 <br />6.32 Religious Assembly uses are commonly found in residential areas of the City, <br />33 similar to the mixed residential neighborhoods near the proposed site. <br />34 <br />7.35 The site is located on major roadways supporting traffic volumes generated by the <br />36 property. <br />37 <br />8.38 The applicant’s proposal provides an important service to the community at large <br />39 and justifies the departure from the original PUD goals. <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 To recommend denial, the Planning Commission should consider these and other findings: <br />43 <br />1.44 The PUD approved for the site incorporated City property that anticipates a <br />45 residential component for development on the subject property. <br />46