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-� � Attachment D PLANNING FILE 10-006 Request by Twin City Chinese Christian Church for approval of a ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT to allow contemporary church uses at 2755 Long Lake Road and in Generel Business (B-3) � Districts generally . Chair poherty opened the Public Hearing for Project File 10-006 at 7:07 p.m. e Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed staff's analysis of the request by Twin City Chinese Christian � Church for a ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT to allow churches in General Business zoning districts, a pursuant to Roseville City Code, Section 1016 (Amendments); in the former Denny Hecker automobile � dealership. �o As detailed in Section 6 of the staff report, Mc Lloyd noted that the fundamental question was whether � a church was an appropriate use on the identified property or in any B-3 District, with all zoning districts �: currently being reviewed as part of the Zoning Code Update; and whether a church was an appropriate �s use in areas guided by the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for Regional Business uses. t<: Mr. Lloyd advised that staff did not support this specific application when other locations in the �e community were guided for Institutional or Community Mixed Use; and therefore advised that the �c Planning Division recommends DENIAL of the proposed ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT for Twin City rr Chinese Christian Church to allow churches in the General Business District; based on the comments � u of Section 6 and the findings detailed in Section 7 of the staff report dated March 3, 2010. i� Discussion included whether the lack of staff support was based on preference to segregate tax exempt _. uses, with staff advising that the rationale was that with the upcoming Zoning Code update church uses _ would not be appropriate for areas guided toward Regional Business uses, such as the proposed ,_ location intended for revenue-generating, commercial uses; and was not determined on the religious �, aspect of a church use, but inclusive of a broad range of other typically not-for-profit uses that would fit z- into "InstitutionaP' land uses (i.e., churches, schools, theater companies, museums) with those uses �., directed outside of the primary revenue-generating areas of Roseville. zc Further discussion included church uses now allowed as Conditional Uses in R-1 Zoning Districts; _ comparisons to other communities for neighborhood-focused uses; unknowns historical perspective in � locating churches in R-1 Districts; building code impacts for group-gathering uses and difficulty in �� retrofitting churches in other areas (i.e., strip malls); and unavailability of other locations in Roseville in ". which to locate a new church other than in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment area in Community-Mixed � designated areas. �� Commissioner Gisselquist observed that, unless able to expand on existing church property, unless you a:�, had built a church in the 1930's or 1940's in Roseville, there was no option for growth of a church or a - new church to be started; and opined that this seemed to be a disconnect in the community's zoning � code. +�� Commissioner Boerigter opined that, given potential impacts of contemporary rather than traditional sr churches on surrounding areas (i.e., traffic, cultural and community uses), they may be a better fit in a a? business rather than residential area. Commissioner Boerigter noted that the current Comcast Cable ss, site, guided for multiple-family uses, may be more appropriate for a church location, rather than a �c location in the middle of a residential neighborhood. r Chair poherty opined that the location of churches as the community developed may have not been a �% conscious decision and not guided. �; Mc Lloyd opined that past land use guidance was intentional and logical, but that some errors in the 4- process could have been made or uses overlooked. a; Additional discussion included other locations; logic for churches located in Institutional Zoning areas, �t but not Commercial or Industrial areas; consideration of the Metropolitan CounciPs mandate for a� accommodating residential growth of all densities (i.e., multiple family zoning at the Comcast site); and nt, a lack of consensus in justifying the logic in proposing a better site for a new church to locate than the �,� one proposed. Page 1 of 5