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. Conditional Use Permit No. 2004-02 ~riance No. 2004-01 cleighborhood Project Review No. 2004-01 February 23, 2004 Page 3 Care homes are permitted in French Park with a conditional use permit. Mercy House is committed to accomplishing its. goal of providing housing for persons in need and is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to allow a care home on the same site. There will be no increase in square footage, as the proposed care home will maintain the size of the originally entitled rehabilitation project. Th.: purpose of the proposed development is to reintegrate persons who have graduated from approved rehabilitation programs into normal and permanent living situations with supportíve services. On-site supervision will not be necessary due to the close proximity of the Emmanuel House, which is owned and operated by Mercy House. The Emmanuel House, which was approved under Conditional Use Permit No. 1998-12, is located directly across the street from this project at 807 North Garfield Street and is a transitional housing care home for . inqividuals living with HIV/AIDS. The proposed care home is intended to ryrovide a residential rather than an institutional environment for the . .esidents as well as the surrounding community. Care provided at this facility will not include medical services associated with a hospital or other medical facilities. To ensure architectural consistency and compatibility, the French Park zoning. provisions require that all new construction projects be reviewed anq approved by both the neighborhood association and the Planning Commission. Additionally, French .park zoning p¡¡-ovisions require that all . new construction projects conform .to one of the historical architectural styles of the district. The facility will maintain the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style that was previously approved. The French Park Architectural Review Committee has reviewed the proposal and recommends approval of the project (Exhibit 11). The applicant is requesting to rebuild on the same builqing footprint as approved through Neighborhood Project Review No. 2001-07, which complied with side and rear setbacks. The front yard had a nonconforming setback of 13 feet measured from the front property line. This request requires a variance since the French Park zoning provisions require a 20-foot. minimum front yard setback for new construction. Although the required setback is 20 feet, the variance process provides an opportunity for .elief from this standard. The proposed 30-foot wide structure has 'etbacks that range from 17 feet, 15.5 feet, and a proposed seven-foot wide porch section 13 feet from .the front property line. 31A-5