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Amendment Application No. 2003-11 Conditional Use Permit No. 2003-38 February 2, 2004 Page 2 (SD-74). Additionally, a professional school uses will 74 zoning district. conditional use permit for trade and be required in the Specific Development No. Property Description The project site is a 10.3-acre, irregular shaped parcel located along Sunflower Avenue between Harbor Boulevard and Susan Street. The site is improved with two existing two-story buildings, which include a 72,500 square foot office building (3501 Sunflower) and a two-story, 100,000 square foot industrial building (3511 Sunflower). The property has 596 on-site parking spaces and a zoning designation of Light Industrial (Mi), consistent with its General Plan land use designation of Industrial (IND). Surrounding land uses include an industrial business park to the north, office uses to the east and south, and the existing Art Institute to the west (Exhibits 1 and 2). Pro~ect Descri~tion The Art Institute is a highly specialized professional trade school that intends to occupy a portion of each existing building in order to allow for existing uses to continue. The proposed tenant is an accredited institution which offers coursework and instruction for two and four-year degrees in visual arts, media arts, culinary, fashion and design. As part of the same parent company, Argosy University will offer undergraduate, masters and doctoral degree programs in clinical psychology, education, and business administration. The project would be an expansion of the existing Art Institute facility to the west of the project site at 3651 West Sunflower, which has been in operation since July of 2000. The school will offer courses each day: in morning, afternoon and evening sessions. Hours of operation for the proposed trade school will be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening classes will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The Specific Development Plan is necessary to maintain the integrity of the existing site and provide consistent uses and development standards throughout the 10.3-acre parcel. The project will change the zoning designation of the existing site from Light Industrial (Mi) to Specific Development No. 74 (Exhibit 3). The intent of the Specific Development Plan is to accommodate professional and trade school uses which are not typically contained within the Light Industrial zoning designation. Additionally, the proposed zoning amendment would allow for existing manufacturing and office uses to remain as permitted by right (Exhibit 4). The Art Institute/Argosy 75.A. Page 126