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, !.. ." RESOLUTION NO.9 3 - 0 6 2 ST ATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND DENYING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A CHURCH AND SCHOOL TO LOCATE IN THE B-3, GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT KNOWN AS APPLICATION SP-I72A. WHEREAS, an application for a Permit has been made by Church Upon the Rock; and WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows: 1. An application for a Special Use Permit was filed with the City of New Brighton on November 25, 1992. 2. The Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a public hearing on December 16, 1992, which was continued due to a lack of a City Council quorum for the December 22, 1992, City Council meeting and rescheduled to January 19. 1993, all persons present at the hearing were given an opportunity to be heard. 3. The City Council considered SP-l72A at its January 26, 1993, March 9, 1993, April 13, 1993, and April 27, 1993, meetings. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council makes the following Findings of Fact in respect to SP-I72A: 1. The City's Comprehensive Plan designates the subject site for General Business. 2. The City's Zoning Ordinance classifies the site as B-3, General Business. 3. The applicant is proposing to purchase and locate a church and school in the Rice Creek Shopping Center facility. 4. A church and a school are classified as special uses in the B-3 district. 5. According to Section 8-110, the City Council may permit special uses in the B-3 district when it is deemed such special uses are essential or desirable to the public convenience, welfare, and are in harmony with the Comprehensive Plan. 6. According to Section 8-130, the Planning Commission shall not recommend approval of a special use unless it satisfies the following standards: 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. b. That the special use will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted, nor substantially diminish and impair property values within the neighborhood. c. That the establishment of the special use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of the surrounding property for uses permitted in the district. d. That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and/or necessary facilities have been or are being provided. e. That the special use shall in all other respects, conform to the applicable regulations of the district in which it is located. 7. The proposed church would have a congregation of up to 650 people and the school would enroll up to 180 students in grades K-8.