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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH Grove Community Church (Everyday) is requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) to allow a place of worship at 1275 Red Fox Road. We officially launched the church in 2015, and our mission as a community is to empower everyday people to live a holistic lifestyle of following Jesus. We have been looking for the right building to purchase since 2018, and are very excited about the opportunity to be a part of the Arden Hills community. The property at 1275 Red Fox is the church home in which we hope to see future generations experience spiritual development. In following our recent request for a zoning code amendment to allow places of worship in the I-Flex zoning district, we are excited to share our plans for the site. UPDATES Our plan is to utilize the site as it exists today except for minor changes to the building and parking lot in order to serve the needs of the church and to create a welcoming place for the community. No changes will be made to past approved site plan standards, the brick exterior, lighting fixtures, or existing roof top equipment (the existing screened HVAC units are adequate for the church’s use and are not visible from public streets). In keeping with the I-Flex Special Requirements section 1320.12 of the zoning code we will not be creating any significant modifications to the existing site and could possibly be considered exempt from the CUP process but still subject to administrative review. The proposed updates are provided below: • We will enlarge the paved entrance at the building’s front entrance by 2,400 square feet in order to create a larger gathering area and welcoming space. We will also add a vestibule with an awning to provide additional doors to the building. • We will improve the side entry on the west side of the property as well as replacing a loading dock area with a set of pedestrian doors on the north side of the property. • Since the preliminary concept review on 03/22/21, the current owner has updated the exterior light fixtures updated with new LED lights. During installation, the electricians noted that most of the lights on the property had burned out. The electrician group (Neo Electrical Group) has provided us with a photometric plan of the recently installed LED lighting system. • 19 new parking spaces will be striped along the north side of the existing parking area (across from the loading dock). The parking stalls are being added, as this area is no longer needed for truck maneuvering. There is a single parking space that will be removed near the children’s entrance to allow for more pedestrian gathering. This will bring the total parking stalls to 381. Attachment A