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Home My WebLink About1977 07-25 TO: Chairman and Members of Northwest Neighborhood Advisory Group FROM: Blair Tremere, Planning Commission Secretary SUBJECT: Planning Commission Application No. 77044 submitted by the Jesus People Church The Planning Commission considered this application at a public hearing on August 25, 1977, and tabled it for further review and for consideration by your group. The request is for a special use permit, and does not involve a rezoning action. The Commission seeks your specific comments about the proposed church development upon the 20 acre site which the Comprehensive Plan recommends should be developed with single family attached (townhouse) housing. The site could support approximately 160 housing units. Your written comments and /or recommendations would be appreciated on or before Friday, September 16, 1977. Enclosed for your information are: a copy of the Commission minutes; a map of the area; and a letter from the applicant relative to the ordinance special use standards. The Group may meet at its convenience, but I should be notified in advance, so the time and place can be publicized. The meeting should be in a public place; I will arrange for City Hall facilities if you desire. It is important that the time and place be publicly stated in advance. Please contact me if you need further information. Thank you for your cooperation. ch ur L_ e6U6 Peo e c 24th & Nicol let Pastors Minn. 55404 Roger Vann Minneapolis Dennis Worre (612) 874 -1551 Minister of Music: July 25, 1977 Thomas Elie Blair Tremere Director of Planning and Inspection 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430 Dear Mr. Tremere: The Jesus People Church respectfully requests the City of Brooklyn Center's approval of a special use permit for a church to be developed on Outlot E of the Twin Cities Interchange Park. This 20 acre parcel is generally located at the Southwest Corner of Xerxes Avenue North and Shingle Creek Parkway. The accompanying brochure outlines the specific facilities proposed for the church devel- opment and describes generally the work of the Jesus People Church. Further, the physical development program of the church facility is indicated on the required submission drawings. The Brooklyn Center zoning ordinance in Section 35- 220(2a -e) states that a special use permit may only be granted by the City Council after demonstration by evidence that five findings are met. The five ordinance standards are stated below with each followed by the J�u People Church's statement and /or evidence of compliance. Section 35- 220(2a) "The establishment, maintenance or operation of the special use will promote and enhance the general welfare and will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, morals or comfort." Like any other church, the Jesus People Church, through its ministry and service to the community, exist for the purpose of enhancing the general public welfare. It is our opinion that the development of the church and the practice of its ministry in no way could be construed to be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, morals or comfort of the citizens of Brooklyn Center. Section 35- 220(2b) "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." The meeting of this standard requires consideration of the appropriation of the uses as well as the physical development of the site as proposed. Examination of the proposed development plans in conjunction with the following points will illustrate that this use will benefit the area and in no way injure the use of other property in the immed- iate vicinity. * The church will act as a transitional use or buffer between the residential neigh- borhood to the west and the industrially zoned to the east. • * Previous planning efforts have recognized the potential for high traffic volumes generation from this site and the City has developed a high capacity arterial road system serving this site that channels traffic directly to the regional transporta- tion system. Traffic to and from the site completely avoids the residential neigh- borhoods. � P eau 24th & Nicol let Pastors: Minn. 55404 Roger Vann 0 Minneapolis Dennis Worre (612) 874 -1551 PAGE 2 Minister of Music: Thomas Elie * The major traffic volumes to the church will be at off -peak periods and therefore will not add to current traffic peaks. * The Jesus People Church is making a major investment in the community with a build- ing of distinctive architecture and an aesthetic treatment of the site. This should act to stabilize values in the area by establishing a compatible use in the area. * Parking areas serving the use will be screened from view of the residential area to the west with landscape plantings. * A pedestrian- bikeway trail will be provided through a portion of the site permitting the continued pedestrian movement between Xerxes and the residential neighborhood to the west of the site. Section 35- 220(2c) "The establishment of the special use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of surrounding property for uses permitted in the district. As previously stated, this use will act as a transitional use between the residential neighborhood and the undeveloped industrial land to the east. As such, the use will enable the industrial land to develop as planned and act as a buffer to the residential neighborhood. The road locations, zoning patterns and utility needs for the area will • not require change for this use. Further, the Jesus People Church sees no conflict between the church facility and functions and a quality industrial park development and has agreed with the Earle Brown Farm that it would not protest the use of the adjacent undeveloped lands. Section 35- 220(2d) "Adequate measures have been or will be taken to provide ingress, egress and parking so designed as to minimize traffic congestion in the public streets." The accompanying site plan addresses the questions of traffic control, accessibility and parking space layout. It should be further noted that the adjacent streets are designed to accommodate comparatively high volumes of traffic and the primary church use operates at off peak times (Sunday and Wednesday evening). Section 35- 220(2e) "The special use shall, in all other respects, conform to the appli- cable regulations of the district in which it is located." The church use of the site is being proposed as a special use in the R -3 district (Section 35- 312 -3a) of the zoning ordinance which provides as a special use "(a) non - commercial uses required for the public welfare in a R -3 district, as deter- mined by the City Council". It is the opinion of the Jesus People Church that this facility will be by the ordinary definition of a church a use that is in operation for "the public welfare" and that the use is "non- commercial" in nature. Further, the site design has been designed to all standards of the zoning ordinance. • No variances to standards have been requested. However it is requested that the developed parking be limited to a ratio of the anticipated congregation size for the next two to three years rather than the ultimate seating capacity. As the congregation increases in size the parking will be increased. e(�u6 Peopl C & NI col let pastors: �I Minneapolis, Minn. 55404 Roger Vann Dennis Worre (612) 874 -1551 PAGE 3 Minster of Musk Thomas Elie The staff and congregation of the Jesus People Church thank you for your consideration of this application. Sincerel , JESU P OPLE C ennis E. Worre, Pastor DEI4:skc • p is y � ; 2 J s 1 inch = 200 feet R 8 ` r TWIN F �e 0 CITIES 80 119 v �! s ep 8o r; y 2.3 o e4 pqR TS 4-1 ��'� !. 0 0 , 3 s _. �y I , R3 roo rI s ^* W p IN Aj CID �s y PARK � , ' 6 6/ r f r �9 g 'dos 49 � (V Ll �-P i ( �J 7 f ?-