Agenda - Planning Commission - 11/04/2010

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CASE #: REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLAN REVIEW OF CROSS OF HOPE ADDITION AND SITE PLAN REVIEW RELATED TO A PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE EXISTING CHURCH AT 5730179TH LANE; CASE OF CROSS OF HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH By: Chris Anderson, Environmental Coordinator Background: Cross of Hope Lutheran Church has applied for a minor plat, request for site plan review and easement vacation related to -a proposed addition to their existing building. Observations: Cross of Hope Lutheran Church owns two adjacent parcels, one with their existing building and the second that is vacant. This project proposes a minor plat to combine the two lots into one in connection with a building addition on the existing church. The proposed project also includes a request to vacate a permanent road easement along the northern edge of the vacant parcel. The proposed minor plat will result in one parcel totaling 14.6 acres and would dedicate public road right-of-way along County Road 27 (in lieu of the road easement). The sketch plan does need to be revised to provide a full sixty (60) feet of right-of-way along the entire length of the parcel. Due to the fact that this proposal includes a minor plat to combine two parcels into one, certain development fees will be required on the existing vacant parcel. Staff now recommends platting the existing vacant lot as an Outlot (with the exception of those areas needed for the expansion). As a benefit to the Applicant, certain development fees would be deferred until such time that that lot is actually developed. The property is zoned R-1 Residential (Rural Developing) and religious institutions are a conditional use in this district. A conditional use permit application is being processed concurrently with this request. Although the property is zoned residential, due to the required conditional use permit, the request is being reviewed using the B-1 Business District standards, which is a better representation of the bulk standards for this use. The proposed addition, which totals 17,070 square feet, complies with all required setbacks and combined with the existing 9,360 square foot building is still well below the maximum permitted building coverage for the lot. The exterior finish of the existing building consists of vinyl siding. The addition is proposed to match the existing vinyl but also includes an alternate option of a stone veneer at the main entrance. Staff is supportive of either finish but this will need to be authorized by City Council. The site will continue to be accessed from County Road 27. However, the access point is being shifted further east. The Garden of Hope cemetery is directly south of this site and there is a cemetery access road across this site. The proposal indicates a thirty (30) feet access easement from County Road 27 to the northern edge of the cemetery, which will need to be in the form of a separate, recordable document. 11