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CUP No. 2022-13 - Compass Bible Church August 22, 2022 Page 3 2 8 9 3 2915 and 2917 South Daimler Street are currently occupied by office and research and development uses. In July of 2021, the church started utilizing the administrative office space, which a use allowed by right On July 6, 2021, the applicant submitted a development project application to the City for the change of use from office to a church. Since then, the applicant has worked with the City’s Development Review Committee (DRC) to ensure the project complies with current regulations. On April 11, 2022, a request for a Conditional Use Permit to establish a church was denied by the Planning Commission without prejudice. As such, the applicant has submitted a new application with an updated operational plan (Exhibit 7) to address the concerns raised by the Commission that were primarily related to program offerings. Based on the operations, the proposed use would provide a service or facility that would contribute to the general well-being of the neighborhood, and community. Additionally, the use will not adversely affect the General Plan or any specific plan of the City. Project Analysis 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 CUP. Conversely, the inability to make these findings would result in a denial. The proposed church, Compass Bible Church currently operates temporarily from the City of Tustin and approval of the subject application would give the church the opportunity to provide a permanent location for their diverse congregation, which includes current residents of the City of Santa Ana. The church would occupy a 23,844 square foot tenant space previously occupied by an industrial use. The project site is located within an integrated professional and light industrial area approximately 0.26 miles (1,385 feet) from the nearest sensitive land use. The change of use from industrial to church would result in an increase of onsite parking by 16 on-site spaces, however, the site has a shared parking agreement between all of the buildings on the Daimler Street block (between Deere and Alton Avenues) that allows the use of the parking spaces. Table 3 illustrates the anticipated parking demand based on the on-site mix of uses. Furthermore, church services would be primarily offered during weekends and weeknights and is not anticipated to conflict with professional office and light industrial uses based on hours of operation (Table 4). Additionally, weekday hours of operation, the church is limited to office use and small group bible study; therefore, parking is not anticipate to create new impacts to the surrounding uses. 8/22/2022 Planning Commission 1 – 3