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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 General Business (B-3) � Districts generally 5 Chair poherty opened the Public Hearing for Project File 10-006 at 7:07 p.m. 6 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, � 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, Mr. 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 12 currently being reviewed as part of the Zoning Code Update; and whether a church was an appropriate 13 use in areas guided by the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for Regional Business uses. 14 Mr. Lloyd advised that staff did not support this specific application when other locations in the 15 community were guided for Institutional or Community Mixed Use; and therefore advised that the 16 Planning Division recommends DENIAL of the proposed ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT for Twin City �� Chinese Christian Church to allow churches in the General Business District; based on the comments �8 of Section 6 and the findings detailed in Section 7 of the staff report dated March 3, 2010. �� Discussion included whether the lack of staff support was based on preference to segregate tax exempt 2c uses, with staff advising that the rationale was that with the upcoming Zoning Code update church uses 2� would not be appropriate for areas guided toward Regional Business uses, such as the proposed 2: location intended for revenue-generating, commercial uses; and was not determined on the religious 23 aspect of a church use, but inclusive of a broad range of other typically not-for-profit uses that would fit 2� into "Institutional" land uses (i.e., churches, schools, theater companies, museums) with those uses 2: directed outside of the primary revenue-generating areas of Roseville. 2�. Further discussion included church uses now allowed as Conditional Uses in R-1 Zoning Districts; 2; comparisons to other communities for neighborhood-focused uses; unknowns historical perspective in 2� locating churches in R-1 Districts; building code impacts for group-gathering uses and difficulty in 2� retrofitting churches in other areas (i.e., strip malls); and unavailability of other locations in Roseville in so which to locate a new church other than in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment area in Community-Mixed s� designated areas. s2 Commissioner Gisselquist observed that, unless able to expand on existing church property, unless you s: had built a church in the 1930's or 1940's in Roseville, there was no option for growth of a church or a s� new church to be started; and opined that this seemed to be a disconnect in the community's zoning s� code. 36 Commissioner Boerigter opined that, given potential impacts of contemporary rather than traditional s7 churches on surrounding areas (i.e., traffic, cultural and community uses), they may be a better fit in a s8 business rather than residential area. Commissioner Boerigter noted that the current Comcast Cable s� site, guided for multiple-family uses, may be more appropriate for a church location, rather than a 4c location in the middle of a residential neighborhood. 4� Chair poherty opined that the location of churches as the community developed may have not been a 42 conscious decision and not guided. 43 Mr. 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. 45 Additional discussion included other locations; logic for churches located in Institutional Zoning areas, 46 but not Commercial or Industrial areas; consideration of the Metropolitan Council's mandate for 4� accommodating residential growth of all densities (i.e., multiple family zoning at the Comcast site); and 48 a lack of consensus in justifying the logic in proposing a better site for a new church to locate than the 4� one proposed. Page 1 of 5