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Planning and Building Agency <br />Item # 1 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Planning Commission Staff Report <br />September 11, 2023 <br />Topic: CUP No. 2023-18 — Anchor Stone Christian Church (2938 S. Daimler Street) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution denying Conditional Use Permit No. 2023-18. <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Steven Lee, representing Anchor Stone Christian Church (Applicant and Property <br />Owner), is requesting approval of Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 2023-18 to allow <br />the operation of a church located at 2938 South Daimler Street. The property is located <br />within the Professional (P) zoning district and has a General Plan Land Use Designation <br />of Industrial/Flex-Medium (Flex-3). Pursuant to Section 41-313.5(n) of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code (SAMC), churches located in the P zoning district require approval of a <br />CUP. Moreover, pursuant to SAMC Section 41-638(a)(1), the Planning Commission <br />shall grant approval of a CUP only if all five of the specified findings of fact contained <br />therein are satisfied. Due to the inability to satisfy all five findings of fact required by the <br />SAMC, among which includes the subject property's General Plan land use designation <br />of Industrial/Flex-Medium (Flex-3) that does not allow community assembly uses such <br />as the subject church, City staff is unable to make the findings supporting the approval <br />of the application. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Project Description <br />The proposed church is located within a 5.43-acre site that contains an office complex <br />with eighteen (18) buildings. The site is generally bounded by Deere Avenue to the east, <br />Garry Avenue to the south, Pullman Street to the west, and Daimler Street to the north. <br />The church is proposing to occupy a 3,843 square -foot unit that is part of an existing <br />8,250-square-foot building. The project proposes to occupy aforementioned unit for <br />worship services, religious education, and video production. Additionally, the project <br />proposes to have summer bible school during one week of the summer. The proposed <br />floorplan includes the lobby, social hall, auditorium, restrooms, meeting rooms, nursery <br />to be used during worship services, and storage rooms. Proposed hours of operation <br />would be Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to <br />7:00 p.m.; church services will be Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. <br />Interior tenant improvements include demolition of nonbearing walls and construction of <br />new9ifltffN5 artitions, construction of a stage for an auditorium, upgrades to the electrical <br />Planning Commission 1 — 1 <br />