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I:\Commissions - NEW FOLDER\Planning Commission\2017\Working Docs\2017.04.18\Seminary SUP for School\PSR17-0001 (Seminary) - RESOLUTION.doc 1 RESOLUTION PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. WHEREAS, an application has been made by United Theological Seminary to permit operation of a 300 student, kindergarten thru eighth grade school, utilizing existing buildings, for property located at 3000 5th Street NW, and WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows: 1. An application for a Special Use Permit was received on February 24, 2017. 2. A public hearing notice was published in the March 8, 2017 edition of the New Brighton Bulletin. 3. Public hearing notices were mailed to property owners within 350’ of the applicant’s property on March 10, 2017. 4. On March 15, 2017 the applicant submitted a written request to table action on their request to the April 18, 2017 Planning Commission meeting. 5. The applicant held a neighborhood meeting on April 5, 2017. 6. Public hearing notices were mailed to property owners within 350’ of the applicant’s property on April 7, 2017. 7. The Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a public hearing on April 18, 2017 and all present were given a chance to freely speak at the hearing. 8. The Planning Commission voted to recommend conditional approval on April 18, 2017. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission makes the following Findings of Fact with respect to the Special Use Permit (PSR17-0001): 1. The property is zoned R – 1, Single Family Residential. 2. The property is guided in the Comprehensive Plan for P-QP, Public-Quasi Public. 3. The property is currently being used as a theological seminary campus. 4. The applicant is proposing to add a 300 student, K-8 school to the property, including the addition of an outdoor play area, utilizing the existing McMillan Center and Spencer Library buildings. 5. Zoning Code Section 4-030(1) requires a special use permit for schools to operate in the R – 1, Single Family Residential district. 6. The seminary is operating under a Special Use Permit dating back to 1961 that limits use to a theological seminary. 7. The Planning Commission reviewed the proposal in accordance with the following Special Use Permit conditions of Zoning Code Section 8-130: a. That the establishment, maintenance, or operations of the special use will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, morals, comfort or general welfare.