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ARCHANGEL MICHAEL COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH COMMUNITY SERVICE BUILDING PROJECT 4405 W EDINGER AVE, SANTA ANA, CA 92704 7 45848142;1 spaces, all of the Church’s 138 required parking space, plus 18 surplus parking spaces, are provided onsite.5 The new Community Service Building is being constructed to replace the uses currently taking place in the existing Church basement. As detailed above the, the new Community Service Building will consist of a new above-grade two-story approximately 9,928 square foot building. The new Community Service Building will approximately include the following (final square footages will be determined during building permit plan check): 325 square feet of offices for the clergy; 1,825 square feet for religious education rooms; 250 square feet for a religious gift shop; a 450 square foot reception area; 175 square feet for a community pantry/storage; 2,775 square feet community social hall/multipurpose area; 450 square feet for general storage (e.g. tables and chairs for multipurpose room); 450 square feet for a commercial kitchen; and 275 square feet for the Bethlehem where holy bread for religious services and celebrations is made and stored. In compliance with the former conditions of approval, which prohibited simultaneous use the Church’s worship and basement areas, the Church and the Community Service Building will not be occupied by parishioners concurrently during a worship service. Even under a very conservative application of the Code’s parking requirement, applying the Code’s parking requirement for Churches, Chapels and Religious Meeting Halls to all occupied areas, a maximum of 122 parking spaces could be required for the Community Service Building, which is still less than the parking requirement for the Church. Accordingly, all of the Community Service Building’s required parking spaces, plus surplus parking spaces, are provided onsite. A parking demand analysis is underway as part of the City’s review process. As of the date of this project description, that analysis has not been completed. Design The new Community Service Building is situated behind the Church, also facing the Edinger Avenue frontage. The Community Service Building has been designed to architecturally mirror the existing Church’s eastern design, keeping with the traditional of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The architectural design, roof design, materials, and colors of the new Community Service Building will match those of the existing Church. The existing Church is 35 feet in height in accordance with its original approvals. The majority of the Community Service Building roofline will be no more than 27 feet in height. However, the central arches will extend up to a maximum of 32-½ feet. The additional height is needed to not only carry forward the complementary and traditional Coptic architectural design from the Church, but also to ensure that sufficient head room, in compliance with the Building Code, is provided on the interior of 5 The parking calculations included in the plan set represents an unlikely worst case scenario that includes parking for non-fixed seat area accessible to wheelchairs and double counts parking for the cry room that has no seating and is only temporarily occupied by parishioners who have and return to their seats in the sanctuary. Even under this extreme scenario, the Project still provides parking in excess of the City’s requirements, as demonstrated in the plan set. 4-41