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Conditional Use Permit No. 2018-01 March 12, 2018 Page 2 Prooect Description Citrus Springs Charter School is proposing to modify the grade levels offered to include junior high and high school as part of the school's existing operations. The site has been recently improved with new parking. The classrooms now provide new heating and air conditioning units, and new roofing materials have also been installed as part of the overall site improvements. As part of the review by the City, a new vehicular entrance and exit will be constructed to provide enhanced vehicular circulation, thereby avoiding any potential traffic back-up which may occur driving on and off the property. A portion of the sidewalk will also be reconstructed. At this time, no addition to or physical expansion of the campus or its buildings is proposed. Table 2: Development Standards Standarft-��, �Re u 1refty-SAMC. ,-:, �'�PProvidei Parking (Elementary/Junior High) 36 Spaces Complies Parking (High School) 128 Spaces Complies Prolect Backqround In 1956, the Santa Ana United Methodist Church was constructed at the subject site. The original variance, which allowed for the church use, identified a number of individual buildings such as the sanctuary building, a chapel, and several administrative buildings. In the 1960s, an elementary school was also constructed on the site. Through the following years, the school required additional classroom space and in 1988 filed a new conditional use permit to include the expansion of classroom space and a new youth center to replace the previous one that was destroyed in a fire. The school and church uses have co -existed and operated successfully on the same site for more than 50 years. Currently, the site layout includes the original church buildings, a fellowship hall, the one-story and two-story school buildings, a playground and field area at the rear, and parking towards the south of the property. School drop-off and pick-up has been designed to flow around the parking area in order to avoid any on-site or off-site congestion. Prolect Analysi Conditional use permit (CUP) requests are governed by Section 41-638 of the SAMC. CUPs may be granted when it can be shown that the proposed project will not adversely impact the community. If these findings can be made, then it is appropriate to grant the conditional use permit. Conversely, the inability to make these findings would result in a denial. Staff has prepared the following analysis, which in turn forms the basis for the recommendation contained in this report. For more than 50 years, the Santa Ana United Methodist Church has operated with an elementary school facility at this location, providing early education opportunities to children attending kindergarten to sixth grade classes. Both activities have co -existed without any major issues, with 75B-6