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Liberty Classical Academy Site Plan and CUP <br />Page 5 <br />6. ANALYSIS: <br /> <br />A. Level of City Discretion in Decision-Making <br /> <br />The City’s discretion in approving or denying a site plan is limited to whether or not the <br />proposed project complies with the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance requirements. If <br />it meets these standards, the City must then approve the site plan. <br /> <br />The City’s discretion in approving or denying a conditional use permit is limited to whether or <br />not the proposed application meets the standards outlined in the Zoning Ordinance. If it meets <br />these standards, the City must approve the conditional use permit. <br /> <br />B. Consistency with Ordinance Standards <br /> <br />Conditional Use Permit <br /> <br />Schools are allowed in the Agricultural (AG) zoning district as a conditional use. There are <br />criteria that is evaluated for the conditional use permit and the applications meet the necessary <br />criteria to approve a permit. Staff evaluated the project subject to the criteria below: <br /> <br />A. The proposed use is permissible by law. <br />The use is permissible by law. <br />B. The proposed use is in keeping with the spirit and intent of this chapter. <br />The spirit and intent of the ordinance is to allow a school in the Agricultural zoning district as a <br />conditional use. The performance standards requires the school to have its principal entrance <br />from a state highway, county road, or city collector street. The school’s principal access will be <br />from County Road 57/Keller Avenue. The project meets the spirit and intent of the ordnance. <br />C. The proposed use is compatible with the city's comprehensive plan, and the character of the <br />surrounding area. <br />The property is guided as Public/Quasi Public and Agricultural in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. <br />The types of development anticipated to be located in Public/Quasi Public include schools, <br />libraries, community centers, places of worship, play fields, and parks. The types of development <br />anticipated to be located in Agricultural include farms, horse stables and riding areas, livestock, <br />such as cows and pigs, and open space. <br />Schools are allowed in the Agricultural zoning district in the City Code. The location has been a <br />school for several years. The applicant is requesting approval of an approximately 33,500 square <br />foot addition. The total square footage is approximately 66,500 square feet, typical size of an <br />elementary school. The applicant is preserving trees and providing transitions from property lines <br />to the school. <br />The school is compatible with the comprehensive plan and character of the surrounding areas.