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� 24 "residential" zoning district, the church plainly is not a residence, and therefore is not �25 subject to the regulations pertaining to home occupations. What's more, zoning codes �2s must treat similar uses equitably without regard to what zoning district they're in, rather 127 than treating diverse uses similarly simply because they're in the same zoning district, as � 28 the appellant seems to suggest in the same footnote. 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 4.7 As further evidence that the proposed community garden is a commercial venture of the sort which is anathema to the neighborhood setting, the appeal points to the proposed sign. Signs certainly can serve a commercial, advertising function, but they can also merely identify something — like at least one home in Roseville which has a small, personal vineyard with a sign posted in the yard, naming the vineyard. Signs are regulated by the zoning code and, even though the proposed sign likely is not intended to increase the business of the community garden, a new sign on the subject property will have to comply with the applicable zoning requirements. 137 S.O ZONING AND QUASI-PUBLIC USES 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 5.1 Notwithstanding the preceding discussion, there is room for debate as to whether the proposed community garden is an unregulated activity by the private, church community or whether it would fall under the regulations pertaining to public and quasi-public uses. On one hand, the church's explicit intent for the community garden is that it would be another expression of the congregation's ministry: helping to grow and provide produce for food shelves and community members. On the other hand, the proposed community garden can be seen as a low- or moderate-impact quasi-public use as defined below: Low-impact quasi-public uses: 145 a. Are sponsored by a quasi-public 146 organization; 147 b. Have minor impacts in terms of: 148 1. Traffic generation; 149 2. Hours of operation; 150 3. Activities conducted; and 151 4. Light or noise generated; 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 181 182 183 184 185 186 c. d. Require no more than: 1. 10 employees; or 2. 15 parking spaces; Must not involve: 1. Retailing; 2. Wholesaling; or 3. Warehousing of materials other than normal office supplies; e. Render services which are essentially public Moderate-impact quasi-public uses: 162 a. Are sponsored by a quasi-public 163 organization; 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 1B0 b. Have moderate impacts in terms of: 1. Area requirements; 2. Traffic generation; 3. Parking requirements; 4. Hours of operation; 5. Number of employees; and 6. Light or noise generated; c. d. Require more than: 1. 10 employees; or 2. 15 parking spaces Must not involve: 1. Retailing; 2. Wholesaling; or 3. Warehousing of materials other than normal office supplies; e. Render services which are essentially public 5.2 If the proposed community garden is determined to be a quasi-public use, more or less separate from the church use, the question remains as to the level of impact of the activity; "low-impact" quasi-public uses are permitted in the R-1 district, whereas "moderate-impact" quasi-public uses require approval as conditional uses. Planning Division staff believes that the proposed community garden falls short of the definition of "moderate-impact" based on the following iindings: Appeal_RCA_052410 Page 4 of 7 .� ''\