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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 12, 2012 Page 3 2 Motion carried unanimously. 3 4 B. Resolution 12-053• Approving a Conditional Use Permit for Religious Assembly at 3055 5 Old Highway 8. 7 Interim City Planner Corkle presented the proposed Conditional Use Permit for religious 8 assembly at 3055 Old Highway 8, noting the area proposed for religious assembly is confined to 9 the lower part of the south building with a greeting area in a portion of the north building, with 10 the remainder of the building to remain office/tenant space. She indicated the assembly hours 11 include daily prayer from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and evening worship and food sharing during 12 Ramadan. She reviewed the parking requirements for the CUP use and stated parking was 13 calculated using both parcels. She advised the total number of spaces required is 266 and total 14 parking available is 283 according to the applicant. She noted that the applicant has indicated 15 the current parking spaces are larger than required by the City Code and it is possible an 16 additional 20 parking spaces could be provided per the applicant. She added the Planning 17 Commission received the study on June 4, 2012, and recommended approval of the CUP subject 18 to conditions. 19 20 Councilmember Roth asked if the City has verified that the parking spaces are to Code or 21 whether the City has measured the parking spaces. 22 23 Interim City Planner Corkle replied the applicant has indicated the parking spaces are 20' long 24 and the City Code requires 19' long spaces; if that is the case, there is the potential to add 25 additional parking stalls. 26 27 Councilmember Roth stated the CUP application indicates there will be daily prayer but it was 28 his understanding the Islamic faith prays five times per day. 29 30 Interim City Planner Corkle stated the CUP application states there will be daily prayer from 31 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. She deferred to the applicant for further questions regarding daily prayer, 32 evening worship and food sharing during Ramadan. 33 34 Councilmember Stille requested confirmation that schools are not included as a permitted use in 35 the LI district. He asked if the applicant has been made aware that schools are not a permitted 36 use. 37 38 Interim City Planner Corkle stated that schools are not a permitted use and the applicant has been 39 made aware that schools are not a permitted use. 40 41 Mr. Ali Giarushi, 6720 132nd Street N., White Bear Lake, MN 55110, appeared before the City 42 Council on behalf of the Abu-Huraira Islamic Center and stated they pray five times per day but 43 prayer does not have to take place at the Islamic Center. He indicated that daily prayer from 44 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Islamic Center will only occur on Fridays and stated that Friday is 45 their holy day. FIe added that during Ramadan, they are fasting from sunrise to sundown and at 46 sundown people are allowed to come to the Islamic Center to break fasting and participate in