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SP-50 ' Atonement Lutheran Church May 22, 1973 The Planner stated that what traffic does enter and leave the site does so at the times of lowest traffic volume on Silver Lake Road. He stated that an access on Silver Lake Road would probably not cause problems. The Administrative Assistant commented that traffic volumes on Silver Lake Road are high even at off-hours and are increasing at a high rate. He also commented that the facilities of the church will probably be used for night meetings and other events so that there is no certainty that traffic will be only on Sunday mornings. He further pointed out that the Planning commission might wish to maintain consistency with the position stated in the Comprehensive Plan in order to be able to deal with other situations of a similar nature at other locations. Councilman Anderson suggested that the Planning Commission could recommend that the driveway could be posted "right turn only." Formell agreed that if a driveway were to be allowed at this point, it should be marked for right turn only The Planner expressed his concern that it be clearly defined whether the nursery school run by the church is considered to be reasonably related, to the church activities which are a permitted special use in R-1 zones, He stated that he thought the nursery school was a logical extension of the church's activities. He pointed out that under the New Brighton Zoning Code nursery schools are permitted only in R-3 zones. Councilman Anderson stated this raises a question regarding other churches with schools and how their special use permits should be viewed. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Motion by Mann, seconded by Ness to recommend that the Council investigate officially extending the use of church property for a nursery school to churches as part of their normal operation covered under their;, special use permits. Motion carried 5-0 Motion by Mann to recommend approval of SP-50 with the stipulation that the Silver Lake Road exit be posted to allow right turns only. Motion failed for lack of a second. Motion by Formell, seconded by Ness to recommend approval of SP-50 as requested with the condition that access from Silver Lake Road not be permitted unless Ramsey County requires that we permit.it in which case this exit should be posted to allow right turns only. Mann commented that allowing a right turn only exit onto Silver Lake Road will eliminate