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JANUARY 15, 1990
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: PROPOSED GUIDELINES
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
RECOMMENDATION
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FOR CHURCHES LOCATED IN THE
BACKGROUND
Last November the Planning Commission reviewed and approved a
request to establish a church within the Irvine Industrial Complex
- Walnut. At the same time, the Commission requested staff prepare
a set of policy guidelines and criteria to evaluate future requests
for churches in Industrial Districts. The Commission reviewed and
approved the policy guidelines on December 11, 1989. A copy of the
resolution, Planning Commission staff report, and minutes from the
meeting are included as Attachments A, B & C respectively. On
January 2, 1990 the City Council requested staff submit the Policy
Guidelines for review at this meeting.
ANALYSIS
The guidelines include requirements relating to: 1) necessary
submittal information required to evaluate CUP applications; 2)
guidelines and criteria to be used in reviewing church requests
and 3) standard conditions to be utilized in approving CUP
requests. The Planning Commission staff report includes a detailed
analysis of the guidelines, including issues relating to parking,
compatibility and minimum separation requirements. Please refer
to Attachment B for the analysis.
CONCLUSION
The Planning Commission reviewed and discussed all aspects of the
policy guidelines in detail. In addition, the Commission also
considered input from residents of the community and churches in
the area. The Planning Commission determined the policy guidelines
City Council Report
Church Guidelines
January 15, 1990
Page 2
incorporated the necessary conditions to address their concerns.
See Attachment C for the minutes of the December 11, 1989 Planning
Commission meeting.
Sara J. Pashalides
Associate Planner
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Christine A. Shingle
Director of Comm it
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Community Development Department
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RESOLUTION NO. 2715
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CI'T'Y OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHING POLICY
GUIDELINES TO BE FOLLOWED IN REVIEWING
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUESTS FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF CHURCHES IN INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICTS
The Planning Commission of the City of Tustin does
hereby resolve as follows:
I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as
follows:
A. That certain guidelines shall be considered by
Community Development staff and the Planning
Commission when considering Conditional Use
Permit applications for establishing churches
within industrial districts.
B. That the following guidelines shall be
utilized in reviewing churches proposed on all
industrially zoned properties, including but
not limited to: Planned Industrial District
(PM) ; Industrial District --(M) and the Planned
Community - Industrial District (PC -I).
C. That certain information specifically related
to church uses is necessary to adequately
process a Conditional Use Permit for churches
in industrial districts. In addition, to the
information and application forms required for
all Conditional Use Permit applications, the
following additional information is required:
1. Floor plan indicating the size of rooms,
location and number of seats and the
proposed use of all areas within
building, including office, classrooms,
conference rooms, and assembly areas.
2. Site plan showing other existing uses on
the site and the gross square footage for
each specific use (i.e. office,
manufacturing or warehouse).
3. Proposed days and hours of operation of
church, church school, ' bible study
sessions, -administrative meetings,
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3 congregational meetings, special/holiday
services and social events.
4. Anticipated number of persons attending
all of the events and activities noted in
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5. Hours of operation of other uses on the
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6. Location, size and number of persons
attending other churches within 1,200
feet of the proposed church.
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8. A parking demand analysis and/or a
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the Director of Community Development and
the City Traffic Engineer to be
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9. When off-site contiguous parking is
IGI�i proposed, a listing of all uses on the
contiguous site, the gross square footage
for each specific use (i.e. office,
manufacturing or warehouse) and
verification that the proposed reserved
parking is .above the minimum parking
required for uses on the alternative
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Section 9291 of the Tustin City Code each
Conditional Use Permit application to
establish churches on industrial zoned
properties shall be reviewed based on the
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9 1. The desired minimum separation distance
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part of a church use) and hospitals shall
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boundaries of an existing or approved
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site parking sites utilized by said
church sites.
The following parking standards shall be
applied to.church uses:
Assembly area and foyer -
one parking space per every three
seats or one per every 35 square
feet of gross floor area when
seating is not designated.
Sunday school, conference and classrooms -
(if used simultaneous with assembly area)
one parking space per every three
seats or one per every 35 square
feet of gross floor area when
seating is not designated.
Parking shall be provided on-site or on
a contiguous site. In the event of
multiple uses on a site, each use must
meet its own parking requirements, a
parking demand and/or traffic study must
be prepared which supports a variance
application, for reduction of required
on-site parking, or -the City's zoning
requirements for said district must
authorize joint or shared parking. If
there are zoning requirements necessary
for authorizing such joint or shared use
of parking, such requirements must be
met.
In the case of off-site parking, said
off-site parking shall be permanently
reserved for the church use and shall be
above the minimum parking required for
all uses on the alternative contiguous
site unless a parking demand and/or
traffic study is prepared which supports
a variance application for reduction of
required parking for uses on the
alternative contiguous site.
If off-site parking is provided, a direct
pedestrian corridor and/or sidewalk from
the church use to the off-site parking
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site shall be provided to eliminate the
potential risks associated with
pedestrians utilizing the street for
access.
5. The proposed site is"adequate in size,
location and configuration for the
proposed use.
6. Proximity of the proposed church use as
an assemblage of large numbers to
potential hazards such as storage of
hazardous materials.
7. While churches may be permitted on sites
with multiple uses and sites with
multiple buildings depending on the
location, size and separation of
buildings and uses on the site, it is
more desireable that they be located in
an entire building and on separate parcel
so potential conflicts can be avoided.
Their location within multi -tenant
buildings is not desired.
E. That certain specific standard conditions in
addition to those normally applied against
Conditional Use Permits shall be required for
all churches approved to be located within
industrial districts as follows:
1. The assembly and classroom areas of the
church shall be limited to
(hours) on (days).
2. The maximum number of seats within the
assembly areas shall not exceed •
3. If the use authorized by Conditional Use
Permit is discontinued for six
(6) months, then it shall be conclusively
presumed that such use has been abandoned
and the Use Permit will be deemed
expired.
4. If at anytime in the future a tenant or
customer advises the City that a parking
and/or traffic problem exists on the site
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or in the vicinity as a result of the
church use, or if any of the permitted
uses of the district need the uses of
their required parking at times that the
church is operating and using the
parking, then the Director of Community
Development may require the property
owner/church to prepare a parking demand
analysis and/or traffic study. If said
study indicates that there is inadequate
parking or a traffic problem, the
applicant shall be required to provide
mitigation measures to be reviewed and
approved by the Planning Commission.
Said mitigation may include the
following:
a. Establish alternate nours UL
operation.
b. Restrict the maximum number of seats
and/or increase the number of
services.
C. Secure off-site parking from
adjacent property owners. (In the
event of a parking variance in
conjunction with a church
Conditional Use Permit use.)
5. The church and property owner shall sign
and return an Agreement to Conditions
Imposed form.
6. All activities shall be located entirely
within the enclosed building.
7. All regulations of the Uniform Building
Code and the Fire Department regarding
assembly occupancy classification, fire
rating and exiting standards shall be
met.
8. No schools shall be permitted except
Sunday school type activities while the
church is in operation as schools are
strictly prohibited in industrial
districts.
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D AND ADOPTED at a regular Planning Commission
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ITEM N0. 7
DATE: DECEMBER 11, 1989
SUBJECT: PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR CHURCHES LOCATED IN THE
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
LOCATION: THE PROPOSED GUIDELINES WOULD APPLY TO ANY PROPERTY
ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE THAT ALLOWS CHURCHES AS A
CONDITIONAL USE
REQUEST: AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH POLICY GUIDELINES FOR
LOCATING CHURCHES IN,INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No.
2715 to establish policy guidelines for reviewing Conditional Use
Permit requests for churches in Industrial Districts.
BACKGROUND
On November 13, 1989, the Planning Commission reviewed and approved
Use Permit 89-24 and Variance 89-12 to establish a church within
an Industrial District. At that time the Planning Commission
directed staff to prepare a set of standards and guidelines for
reviewing CUP requests for churches located in industrial
districts. Staff. has reviewed and evaluated the standards and
conditions of approval for the previous two churches located within
the industrial districts and requirements for churches in other
cities. On this basis, staff have drafted proposed policy
guidelines to be followed on Conditional Use Permit requests for
the establishment of churches in Industrial Districts (as contained
in Resolution No. 2715). The proposed Guidelines include the
following three basic sections:
° necessary submittal information required to evaluate CUP
applications for churches in Industrial Districts
(Section C) ;
° guidelines and criteria to be used in reviewing church
requests in Industrial Districts (Section D); and
° standard conditions to be utilized in approving CUP's for
churches in Industrial Districts (Section E).
A discussion of specific issues that relate to each of the above
sections of the policy guidelines follows.
ATTACHMENT B
Community Development Department
Planning Commission Report
Church Guidelines
December 11, 1989
Page 2
DISCUSSION
The first section of the Policy Guidelines includes a detailed list
of all the information that may be necessary to adequately evaluate
Use Permits for churches located in Industrial Districts.
Information necessary to fully evaluate a specific proposal
includes such items as detailed floor plans, site plan information
regarding other uses on the site and actual operational information
related to church activities. Information on other uses on the
site (i.e. types of uses and hours of operation) is also necessary
to fully evaluate compatibility of uses. Staff may also find it
necessary to require preparation of a parking demand analysis and
a traffic study to evaluate the adequacy of parking, on-site
circulation and the surrounding street system. If the church
proposes to utilize off-site parking to meet their required
parking, then additional information regarding the hours of
operation and types of uses located on that site and the
availability of parking in excess of what is required for that site
will be needed.
The second part of the Policy Guidelines includes criteria to be
considered by the Planning staff and Planning Commission when
evaluating the Use Permit. Staff have developed review criteria
that relate to parking requirements for churches, minimum
separation between uses, the type of development site that would
be most conducive to such church uses and compatibility with
surrounding uses. These factors are summarized in more detail
below:
1. Parking Issues
An important issue in reviewing churches in, the past has been
what appropriate standards should be applied to a church use.
While the use permit, itself, has typically dictated thorough
the use 'of conditions these parking standards required for the
use, the aactual consistent application of the same parking
standards in all 'church applications in the past has not been
validated. While the Planning Commission has recently used
a consistent standard for church uses (one space/three fixed
seats or one space for every three persons permitted by UBC
maximum occupancy plus one space/200 square feet of office
and/or classroom area) , the standards for office and classroom
area are extremely restrictive since parking was required for
office and classroom areas even if these areas were not used
concurrently with the assembly area. Additionally, the
previous standard was not consistent with other zoning
requirements for churches elsewhere in the City (i.e. East
Community Development Department
Planning Commission Report
Church Guidelines
December 11, 1989
Page 3
Tustin Specific Plan) nor consistent with standards found in
nearby communities such as Irvine and Costa Mesa. Staff are,
therefore recommending that the following parking standard be
used for church uses:
Assembly Area and Foyer - one space per three seats or
one space per 35 square feet of gross floor area when
seating is not designated.
Sunday School rooms, Conference and Classrooms (if used
simultaneous with assembly area) - one space per three
seats or one per 35 square feet of gross floor area when
seating is not designated.
In meeting required parking, current provisions of the City's
Industrial Districts would require parking standards for the
church use to be met on the site where the church is proposed
or on a contiguous site. Parking provided on a contiguous
site requires the owner of said site to stipulate to the
permanent reservation of the alternate site for parking
location. The commitment to reserve spaces on an alternative
site must also be above the parking requirements for those
uses on the contiguous site.
Current provisions in
Districts and the twc
District regulations
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on the same site or
different parking neee
the separate applicati
all uses not opera
commercial/industrial
church uses). Until.
Zonina Code or the PC
the Tustin City Code for the PM and M
adopted Planned Community Industrial
for Red Hill Industrial and Irvine
o not currently recognize the concept
irking. This concept, as previously
mission recognizes that different uses
within a mixed use development have
s or demands which may not necessitate
on of certain parking requirements for
:ing at the same time (eg. most
ries do not operate at the same time as
Such requirements. are included in the
Districts are amended. most churches
have not been able to meet parking requirements on mixed use
sites and have had to apply for a Variance. In reviewing said
requests under such conditions it is extremely important that
a parking demand analysis be prepared that documents potential
parking use conflicts and recommends mitigation measures to
ensure that outright permitted uses in the Industrial District
will not be inhibited and conflicts with existing and future
uses can be avoided.
In permitting off-site parking on a contiguous parcel staff
Community Development Department
Planning Commission Report
Church Guidelines
December 11, 1989
Page 4
have concerns- that most industrial districts do not have
public sidewalks adjacent to the street. In order to minimize
potential conflicts with pedestrians and vehicles, staff has
included the requirement for a pedestrian corridor where
church uses are providing parking on an adjacent site.
2. Minimum separation and Compatibility Issues
The purpose and intent of the Industrial Districts is to
encourage a combination of industrial businesses and
professional offices, all of which are compatible with each
other. The Districts were established to provide adequate
standards for separation between uses that may not be
compatible based on considerations such as parking, traffic,
land use, operational characteristics, and financial impacts
(re: City revenue generation).
A more specific example is the Irvine Industrial Complex.
When the Irvine Industrial Complex was established, an EIR was
originally prepared to evaluate the traffic impacts and the
impacts to surrounding uses. The EIR assumed that the
majority of uses would be those encouraged as outright
permitted uses in the District. The EIR did not consider that
the District would include a concentration of a large number
of Public and Institutional uses, such as churches. As a
result, the traffic impacts and impacts on surrounding uses
from a large number of institutional uses were not addressed
in the original EIR. Without changing the basic premise of
the original EIR and going back to revise the document and PC
standards, any review of conditional use permits for
institutional uses in the Irvine Industrial area such as
churches would need to be framed in the context of being a use
that was not anticipated to occur in large numbers in the
District.
In order to ensure that the integrity of the Industrial
Districts are maintained, staff believes a minimum separation
criteria between church uses is appropriate. A separation
criteria will minimize traffic impacts at peak hours for
church uses, will avoid conflicts between parking for separate
church uses in a particular vicinity, and will ensure that a
majority of the City's land area proposed for 'revenue
producing industrial uses will not be removed from the tax
rolls (non-profit churches are provided with property tax
exemptions). Given these considerations, staff are proposing
that the Commission utilize a minimum separation of 1,200 feet
between church uses and between a church use and other
Community Development Department
Planning Commission Report
Church Guidelines
December 11, 1989
Page 5
institutional uses (such as public or private schools, or
hospitals).
In order to minimize the potential conflicts relating to
noise, parking or operational characteristics of --industrial
uses, staff have also included a requirement recommending that
churches not be established in multi -tenant buildings. It is
our belief that under these conditions the potential conflicts
between operational characteristics of different uses would
be more difficult to buffer (i.e. noise, parking, circulation,
etc.).
The last portion of the Guidelines lists standard conditions of
approval that should be required of all churches in Industrial
Districts. These conditions set limitations on church hours, days
of congregation uses and location of activities. A condition
requiring the church to prepare a parking or traffic study is
included to address any future problems. Staff believes that the
addition of these conditions will ensure the church use will be
compatible with surrounding uses and that should there be any,
future parking/traffic problems, the applicant will be required to
mitigate those impacts.
CONCLUSION
The Planning Commission requested staff to prepare Policy
Guidelines for review of Conditional Use Permit requests for
churches in Industrial Districts. The criteria of evaluation and
proposed conditions of approval are intended to provide a basis for
evaluating churches in Industrial Districts, determining
compatibility with adjacent uses and minimizing potential impacts.
While Guidelines are proposed as interim Guidelines at this time,
staff would also recommend that any standards contained in the
Guidelines be included in future amendments to zoning in all
Industrial Districts. Based upon Commission direction such
amendments would be prepared and completed as staff time permits.
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Sara J. Pashalide6l Christine Shingleton
Associate Planner Director of Community Development
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Attachment: Resolution No. 2715
Community Development Department
Planning Commission Minutes
December 11, 1989
Page 12
Council approval of Vesting Tentative Tract Map 13824 by adopting
Resolution No. 2718, revised as follows:
Exhibit A, page seven delete item 5.6 and renumber 5.7 as the
new 5.6.
Motion carried 5-0.
NEW BUSINESS
7. PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR CHURCHES LOCATED IN THE INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICTS
Presentation: Sara Pashalides, Associate Planner
Commissioner Kasparian commented that he felt that the guidelines
were good as a start. lie asked if the tone of their position in
the report was such that the needs of any church wanting to come
into an industrial area would be subservient to the industrial
needs; for example, if industry needs to work on Sunday and was
noisy, could the church not complain.
Staff replied that any church is evaluated with the adjacent uses;
and if a church needs to add interior noise attenuation to buffer
surrounding noises, then they would need to do so.
The Director asked if a conditionally permitted use should regulate
the tone of the regularly permitted use. Whether it be a church
or other conditionally permitted use, philosophically, the intent
of the district would not be achieved, and would be inconsistent
with the intent and purpose statements in the districts.
Commissioner Pontious noted that it was unfortunate that churches
are having difficulty finding other locations; that this was their
effort to find an affordable place with the space that they need;
but that the City is trying to accommodate the churches, but at the
same time not overrun the purpose of the industrial district.
Commissioner Baker asked for a clarification of the 1200 feet
requirement.
Staff replied the requirement is for churches within the industrial
area that are adjacent to a different zone that happen to have
other churches, schools, hospitals, etc within 1200 feet.
The Director noted that the church on Sixth Street is an example
of this problem, where there is a school and another church in the
vicinity.
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Planning Commission Minutes
December 11, 1989
Page 13
Commissioner Pontious asked for a clarification of Item 7.
The Director noted that on the second line they should insert "and
sites with multiple buildings..." after multiple uses.
Commissioner Baker asked if this would be discouraging the usage
on Sixth Street but not prohibiting.
The Director affirmed.
Commissioner Pontious commended Ms. Pashalides and staff on their
efforts.
Commissioner Kasparian asked if they could postpone their
acceptance of the document for one week so that he could go over
it further.
The Director replied that since they have a number of applicants
waiting for approval, they need the guidelines in order to have the
ability to impose conditions or modify an action.
Nova Pack, Attorney and church member of Harvest Fellowship, noted
that he agreed with Commissioner Kasparian in that the plan needs
more study; since the classrooms would be utilized more by young
people who do not drive, the parking requirements seem to be
impractical; he was concerned with the hours of availability, due
to church functions mainly being held at times when there would be
no parking problem; was concerned with the restriction requiring
churches to be limited to single buildings since most of the
industrial buildings were in a condominium fashion with common
walls; was concerned with noise restriction rights; and that the
Commission should not make general rules like being more than 1200
feet from any other pubic institution; the plan is too generalized
and he would like to see it more specific.
The Director noted that the parking requirements contained in
Guidelines are less restrictive than what the City has been using;
it is also consistent with the East Tustin Specific Plan and the
City of Irvine and City of Costa Mesa. The provisions of several
of the PC Community districts specifically state that the off-site
parking has to be above the minimum requirements of that district.
The only way to justify it is by a Parking Demand Analysis. This
protects the outright permitted uses within the district. Even
with the existing planned community districts, with the large
propensity of multiple buildings there are many single tenant
buildings that would provide adequate opportunity. It is difficult
to regulate tenants of multi -tenant buildings, and it would be a
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December 11, 1989
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constant monitoring problem.
Commissioner Pontious noted that this does not prohibit a small
congregation from going into a multi -use building.
The Director commented that regarding the issue of the 1200 foot
minimum, there are events related to the schools, annexations may
extend the industrial boundary, and there may be technical schools,
etc, which may have higher trip generation factors related to them.
She also noted that if the Commission directs the staff to come
back with a code amendment in the future, they would then isolate
the types of uses and the trip counts associated with them. At
this point, they have nothing to use as a basis for getting the
adequate information they need for reviewing an application.
John O'Hanion, 12282 Singing Wood Drive, Santa Ana, member of
Colonial Bible Church, felt that it was important to address these
- issues today even though they were only standards. Regarding the
1200 foot distance between uses, he felt that the availability of
parking should be the determining factor in case of
incompatibility; and that regarding reciprocal parking, if the
adjacent property owner is willing to dedicate his land in parking
on weekends and restrict his own parking, that should not go into
the equation for parking requirements. Since the church has made
a significant financial commitment prior to these guidelines being
adopted, they are highly motivated to see these points be
considered; and suggest that churches with applications in process
be considered independently of the guidelines.
Robert Plummer, Reverend Colonial Bible Church, noted that they
have committed themselves to the City of Tustin at great cost.
They would have liked to have been in the new developments, but
could not feasibly finance it. The only way they could
economically survive was in an industrial building. Having
fulfilled all the standards and requirements and submitted their
application, they are now, retroactively, being given something
that may jeopardize their ability to survive as a congregation.
He asked that the Commission at least do something about the 1200
foot requirement which directly impacts their pending facility.
He supports Mr O'Hanion's suggestion that the City continues to
process those applications that were filed prior to the adoption
of the guidelines.
Commissioner Shaheen asked how many applications there are for
churches in the industrial area.
The Director replied that there have been two and there are
possibly two more. Also, that this particular church has submitted
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an application which has been determined to be incomplete.
Commissioner Pontious asked what is within 1200 feet of their
facility.
The Director noted that the statement was made that the issue
should be the adequacy of parking, but that the staff tried to
concentrate on what is the intent of the industrial district. In
reviewing the EIR for the industrial district, it did not consider
that there would be a propensity of closing concentrated
institutional uses and without such a standard, the original EIR
might be inadequate. This would have to be reviewed with the City
Attorney's office. There are two alternatives: 1) to shut
everything down while they do a supplemental EIR to address the
particular issue; or 2) does the City provide guidelines that let's
the City justify that there is not a significant concentration of
institutional uses within the district.
Commissioner Pontious noted that this would eliminate the need to
go back to the EIR, which would be a time consuming process that
would hold up any applications in process at this point. She
questioned the speakers as to whether or not they understood the
issue.
Mr. Plummer affirmed.
Commissioner Baker asked what their concern was regarding the 1200
foot requirement; and asked staff how the 1200 foot figure was
determined.
The Director replied that it is a little less than a city block;
it was not designed to preclude individual church applications; it
was determined by the purpose and the intent of the district.
Churches are not even an intended use in that district.
Commissioner Kasparian asked if this Resolution was passed, would
it then be retroactive to those who have already applied.
The Director replied that these were guidelines for consideration
only; these were created based on direction of the Commission from
the last meeting.
Commissioner Pontious noted that the 1200 foot requirement does not
prohibit their project. It is just a guideline.
Mr. O'Hanion noted that their people were contacted that day.
Commissioner Pontious asked what the other use was that was within
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the 1200 feet.
Mr. Plummer replied that there was a church 1150 feet away, and
that the church that was continued this evening, was 900 feet away,
both with parking on-site.
Commissioner Le Jeune asked when their issue would be coming before
the Commission.
The Director replied that since their application was currently
incomplete, she did not have a scheduling date available.
Commissioner Le Jeune noted that he felt that staff had provided
exactly what the Commission requested in a short period of time;
and that every issue would be carried on its own merit; these are
not cast in concrete.
Commissioner Baker noted a change to Item 8, as moved; and noted
that the guidelines are within the best interest of everybody.
Commissioner Pontious noted that she would not look unfavorably at
a 50 foot differential, but that the guidelines are necessary.
Commissioner Pontious noted that all comments made this evening
would be taken into consideration.
Staff asked if the Commission was interested in staff pursuing a
code amendment as their time permits.
Commissioner Le Jeune moved, Shaheen seconded to establish policy
guidelines for reviewing Conditional Use Permit requests for
churches in Industrial Districts by the adoption of Resolution No.
2715 revised as follows:
Page 4, item 7 line two, after "and" add "sites with
multiple"; and page five, item 8 last line delete "school"
Motion carried 5-0.
OLD BUSINESS
8. STATUS REPORTS
Daniel Fox, Senior Planner
No Commission action necessary.
STAFF CONCERNS