31A - CUP 2009-11 - 2000 N FAIRVIEW STREET

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Conditional Use Permit No. 2009-11 July 13, 2009 Page 3 A comprehensive landscape plan has also been prepared for the project that will complement the existing palette. New landscape planters will be provided at the rear of the site to bring the parking lot into compliance with code. Further, dead or missing landscape materials will be provided within existing planters (Exhibit 6). The church holds one service on Sunday morning at 10:10 a.m. Adult bible study classes are held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and end prior to church services. The children's ministry, which consists of seven classes, meets from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m., with two Junior and Senior High classes gathering from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Other classes and activities are also held at various times during the week. Analysis of the Issues The Wintersburg Presbyterian Church was formed in 1904 as a Presbyterian Mission in the small town of Wintersburg, which was located in an area now known as the City of Huntington Beach. The Mission was formed to minister to the needs of the immigrant Japanese farm workers who worked the celery fields of Orange County. Over the years, the church continued to grow as Orange County's population grew, with the church eventually outgrowing its facilities and relocating to its present site which was within a County island in 1966. The church became part of Santa Ana in 1997 when the City annexed the County Island along Fairview Street. Due to its nonconforming status and lack of development activity, the church never obtained a conditional use permit as required by the zoning code. As a result, the church is now requesting approval of a conditional use permit to operate as well as expand the church use. The church is proposing to expand their existing facility and provide additional spiritual, recreational, educational and social opportunities to their congregants and the surrounding community by expanding their current facilities. The new Parents Room addition will provide a location for parents to provide care to their children during worship service. The Nichigo Classroom is a place for their Japanese speaking parishioners to be taught in their native language. The expansion to the Lighthouse Ministry facility will allow the church to modernize the space and allow the continued distribution of food, showers, clothes and Christian literature to the homeless two days per week. Finally, the new multi-use facility will provide additional classrooms for the children's, youth and adult bible studies as well as a gymnasium to be used for volleyball and/or basketball leagues on weekends. 31 A-4