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Home My WebLink AboutPC87008 - 6/11/87 - 5940 Ewing AveL `✓ PLANNING COMMISSION FILE CHECKLIST File Purge Date:_ :t- nr FILE INFORMATION Planning Commission Application Number: 8 7009 PROPERTY INFORMATION Zoning: PLAN REFERENCE Note: If a plan was found in the file during the purge process, it was pulled for consolidation of all plans. Identified below are the types of plans, if any, that were consolidated. • Site Plans • Building Plans • Other: FILE REFERENCE Note: The following documents were purged when this project file became inactive. We have recorded the information necessary to retrieve the documents. Document Type Date Range Location Agendas: Planning Commission Office Minutes: Planning Commission ` -7 City Vault Minutes: City Council City Vault Document Type Number Location Resolutions: Planning Commission City Vault Resolutions: City Council City Vault Ordinances: City Council City Vault CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION Application No. 87009 Please Print Clearly or Type Street Location of Property 5940 Ewing Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, MN 55429 Legal Description of Property INCLUSIVE OF BLOCK 2 & OUTLOT 1 OF PEARSON' S NORTHPORT 3RD ADDITION, ALSO THAT PART OF LOT 11 & THOF & LINE S & E OF PEARSON'S NORTHPORT 3RD ADDITION, ALSO THAT PART OF LOTS K-14 AUD SUB 216 LI & Owner Cross of Glory Lutheran Church LOT 1, BLOCK 1, GRIMES ADD EXT. NLY Address Applicant Address 5940 Ewing Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, MNPhoneNo. 533-8602 Independent School District #279 — Community Education & Services 11200 93rd Avenue No., Maple Grove 55369 Type of Request: Rezoning Variance X Special Use Permit Phone No. 425-413lx570 Subdivision Approval Site & Bldg. Plan Approval Other: Description of Request: House Kidstop (School -Age Child Care) program to service families of children attending Orchard Lane and Garden City Elementary Schools. The applicant requests processing of this application and agrees to pay to the City of Brooklyn Center, within fifteen (15) days after mailing or delivery of the billing state- ment, the actual costs incurred by the City for Engineering, Planning and Legal expenses reasonably and necessarily required by the City for the processing of the application. Such costs shall be in addition to the application fee described herein. Withdrawal of the application shall not relieve the applicant of the obligation to pay costs incurred prior to withdrawal. //> # „ Fee $ 50.00 Receipt No. 74534 Dates of P.C. Consideration: Approved Denied following conditions: cants 5ognature Date: MAY 22, 1987 PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION this t_ day of �J t.�+-� 19 �7, subject to the CITY COUNCIL ACTION n Dates of Council Consideration: Approved Denied this day of 19 with the following amendment: Clerk P/I Form No. 18 (over please) Planning Commission Information Sheet Application No. 87009 Applicant: Independent School District No. 279 Location: 5929 Brooklyn Boulevard Request: Special Use Permit The applicant requests special use permit approval to operate a child care program for ages K through 14th grade during early morning and late afternoon hours at the Cross of Glory Church, 5929 Brooklyn Boulevard. The property in question is zoned Rl and is bounded by Admiral Lane on the north, by Brooklyn Boulevard on the east, by a three -storey office building, a residence, and 58 1/2th Avenue North on the south, and by Ewing Avenue North and two residences on the west. Child care uses have traditionally been allowed in churches by special use permit. Special use permits are subject to the standards contained in Section 35-220 subsection 2 (attached). There is presently an approved nursery school in operation at the church. The applicant has submitted a narrative describing the proposed activity at the Cross of Glory Church. The narrative calls the operation Kidstop and explains that it would be for school age children attending Garden City and Orchard Lane elementary schools. The narrative explains that the child care center would operate before and after school hours. Kindergartners attending morning kindergarten would be brought back to the Church at about noon where they would stay for the rest of the day. During the summer, the program would be held at one or both of the elementary schools. The narrative points out that the program would operate Monday through Friday during the regular school year, plus non -school days. The narrative concludes by stating that the church site is oriented toward indoor activities, including reading, arts and crafts, tapes, computer education and indoor games, etc. The program is educational in content, not simply a babysitting service. Estimated enrollment is approximately 40 children. Regarding the Standards for Special Use Permits, staff would point out that the site is well suited to educational activities, being an institutional RI use. The proposed use should enhance the general public welfare by providing child care services to working families. No detriment to neighboring properties should result from the proposed child care use. Traffic to and from the church is expected to enter and exit the site primarily from an arterial street, Brooklyn Boulevard, rather than from the abutting residential streets since all children should be coming from the north. The special use standards, therefore, appear to be met in this case. The City's chief concern is with the location in the building of the proposed child care operation. The applicant originally proposed to use a 6,000 sq. ft. room within the basement of the church. However, the change in occupancy of this space to an educational use opens the space up to a requirement to retrofit the room to meet building code requirements. These requirements include providing fire sprinklers and at least one exit immediately to the exterior. This would involve significant expenditure for the church. An alternate location on the main floor has also been inspected and is suitable with only minor modifications. Staff recommend that the operation locate only on the main floor. In addition to building code concerns, the proposed operation will be required to obtain a food establishment license from the City in order to serve meals to the children at the church. The church's existing kitchen should meet the requirements for the license. 6-11-1987 -1- M Application No. 87009 continued In light of the above, staff recommend approval of the proposed special use permit, subject to at least the following conditions: 1. The standards for a special use permit are deemed to be met on the basis of the following: a) the proposed child care operation will enhance the general public welfare by providing needed child care services in a safe location. b) the proposed child care center should have no detrimental effect on adjacent properties. c) Traffic entering and exiting the site are expected to travel predominantly via Brooklyn Boulevard rather than local neighborhood streets. 2. The permit is issued to the applicant as operator of the facility and is nontransferable. 3. The permit is subject to all applicable codes, ordinances and regulations and any violation thereof shall be grounds for revocation. 4. The operation is limited to the main floor of the church building for reasons of exiting and fire safety. 5. The church shall obtain a food establishment license prior to issuance of the special use permit. 6. The applicant shall comply with all code requirements pertaining to exiting, etc. in the Building Inspector's memo of June 9, 1987 prior to issuance of the special use permit. 6-11-87 -2- Ift �F I I