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Agenda Number CITY OF HUGO COMMIJ-NITY DE'%,ELOPMENT DEPARhMENT PL:A.NNING AND ZONING APPLICATION STAFF REPORT TO: Hugo Planning Commission FROM: Rachel Juba, Planner SUBJECT: New Life Church — 6000 148t1 Street North. Site Plan and Conditional Use Permit Amendment for a 4,560 square foot building addition. DATE: June 19, 2014 for the Planning Commission Meeting of June 26, 2014 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Public/Quasi-Public (PQ) ZONING: Central Residential (CR -3) REVIEW DEADLINE: July 20, 2014 1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: The applicant is requesting approval of a site plan and conditional use permit (CUP) amendment for a building addition on the property located at 6000 148t11 Street North. The site plan is for a 4,560 square foot building addition to the 5,965 square foot church on the 6.36 acre parcel. A CUP is required for a Place of Worship to be located in the Central Residential (CR -3) zoning district and the amendment is required for the building addition. The property has several CUP's for the church for the use, a preschool/daycare, a bell tower, and off-site directional signs. All of the uses, except the church, are being conducted on the property. It is the applicants desire to remove these uses allowed by prior CUP's. The CUP amendment will supersede all of the existing CUP approvals. 2. BACKGROUND: In addition to the City Code and Comprehensive Plan the City must comply with the federal law known as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). The law protects religious institutions from unduly burdensome and discriminatory land use regulations. A City cannot impede on the ability of churches or other religious institutions to carry out their mission of serving the religious needs of their members. A City would have to show a compelling reason for imposing a regulation that may impede on the ability of the church or other religious institution to carry out their religious mission.