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3 SP-50 much right turn traffic at Rice Creek Road and help alleviate a problem there. Partyka questioned the desirability of allowing the access at all. Motion by Partyka, seconded by Bohling to amend themotion by deleting that portion which reads "unless Ramsey County requires that we permit it in which case this exit should be posted to allow right turns only." Amendment carried 3-2 (Formell, Mann) Partyka commented that it si the Planning Commission's feeling that operation of a nursery school shoulc be permitted under the special use permit being requested. Motion as amended carried 5-0 ADMIN?STRATIVE DISCUSSION The application for the Special Use Permit lists three uses for the property in question. Two of the three, church and Sunday school, definitely fall within the category of permitted special uses in an R-1 district. Nursery schools, however, are a permitted special use only in R-3 zones. The question, then, which has already been raised at the Planning Commission meeting is whether the nursery school is part of the church use and therefore permitted in an R-1 district, or whether it is to be treated as a separate use which wouldinot be permitted except in an R-3 district. A related question is whether this use has already been "grandfathered" in since the property may have been put to this use before the present ordinance was enacted. A question has also been raised regarding the number and location of driveways. Section 1045:15 limits the maximum number of driveways to a single property to two (2) unless a permit for a greater number is obtained. The proposed plot plan shows three driveways. One of these driveways provides access to the property from Silver Lake Road. The Village Engineer is concerned about the advisability of accessing the property directly onto a major street such as this when it could be easily channeled to a controlled intersection at Rice Creek Road and Silver Lake Road. The Planning Commission has also recommended against this access as it conflicts with the statement in the "Transportation and Thoroughfares" section of the Comprehensive Plan that "access to private property from arterials should be discouraged although it may be permitted to large developments." Changes in the number or placement of accesses could be made a condition of the Special Use Permit. It should also be noted that the Planner was incorrect in stating that the proposed additional uses appear to be in keeping with the purpose for which the original Special Use Permit was issued." This church has