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Modification to CUP No. 1962-92 January 8, 2007 Page 2 Project Description The project consists of a two-story addition to the temple portion of the Vietnamese-American Buddhist Center. The ground floor will be 1,760 square feet and will contain men's and ladies rest rooms , a new 306 square foot kitchen, an electrical room, and a 595 square foot reception and gathering area for the temple. The second floor will be 1,440 square feet and will consist of an office and change room for the head monk. There will be no public assembly on the second floor. Site improvements include bringing the parking lot area for the temple into compliance with City codes for churches by adding 16 landscape planters in the main parking lot and the installation of a five foot landscape buffer between the church parking lot and adjacent residential property. In addition, the parking lot, which will accommodate 136 cars, will be slurry coated and restriped to City standards. An existing six foot block wall separates the temple parking lot from adjacent residential property. Parking lot lighting will also be added to City code (Exhibi t 3). Analysis of the Issues In 1962, the City Council approved Conditional Use Permit No. 1962-92' and permitted a two phase expansion of the then Newhope First Baptist Church. The CUP allowed for the construction of a 480 seat church sanctuary, two education buildings, and the conversion of the existing church sanctuary into classroom space. Only one of the education buildings was constructed and the site was later purchased by the Vietnamese-American Buddhist Center for Charity Services who has occupied the site since April 2002. The building addition proposed by the Buddhist Center does not comply with the site plan layout and conditions approved by the City Council in 1962. Therefore, the Buddhist Center is proposing to modify the original CUP approval to allow the construction of the 3,200 square foot, two-story addition to the temple. This modification of CUP 1962-92 will supersede the approvals and conditions previously established by the City through the original CUP. Because the Buddhist Center operates differently than a traditional church, in that there are generally no fixed times for temple services, there is not a need for the fixed seat sanctuary and educational buildings 1 This Conditional Use Permit (CUP) was originally issued as CUP # 92. With the advent of the SAPIN computer system all entitlements received a number of which the first four digits was the year the application was processed. As suc~,u~~~ is now known as CUP No. 1962~92.